outwalk

[ out-wawk ]

verb (used with object)

1. to outdo in walking; walking; walk faster or farther than.
2. to walk beyond:

   to outwalk the lights of the city.

Word History and Origins

Origin of outwalk¹

First recorded in 1620–30; out- + walk

Example Sentences

Maybe he's trying to outwalk me.

From Literature

“My wife is the fastest walker. She can outwalk everybody, so she blows by people. And you’d better be walking, because yesterday somebody ran and the guards pulled him out. Everybody was passing him. He was a defeated man at that moment.”

From New York Times

In fact, it’s hard to outrun, or outwalk, even a healthy eating plan if you eat more calories than your body burns.

From Washington Post

For those who learned to ski on bunny hills serviced with tow ropes, the carpets are incredibly addictive escalator-like contraptions that grip your skis with a shocking force and propel you up a hill at a pace that someone in ski boots could probably outwalk without breaking a sweat.

From New York Times

Jia Hong-yu was famous all over the district because she had led a group of Red Guards on a fifteen- day march into the countryside to spread word about the Cultural Revolution, and none of the boys had been able to outwalk her.

From Literature