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outwalk

verb
out·walk | \ˌau̇t-ˈwȯk \
outwalked; outwalking; outwalks

Definition of outwalk 

transitive verb

1 : to outdo in walking : to walk faster or farther than He was a good swimmer, runner, skater, boatman, and would probably outwalk most countrymen in a day's journey.— Ralph Waldo Emerson

2 : to walk past or beyond I have outwalked the furthest city light.— Robert Frost

First Known Use of outwalk

1625, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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