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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
outwalk .
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Examples
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Notice that since moving downtown, the Padres have outwalked the opposition in every full season.
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A little more batting average and power, a little less OBP they actually were outwalked by the opposition, 78-74, after having thoroughly dominated in that category the previous month.
Follow the San Diego Padres baseball club all year long at Ducksnorts 2006
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Italian Ivano Brugnetti has outwalked the field to win the 20-kilometer walk.
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He outwalked the short day, and was on the towing-path by the river, somewhat footsore, when the night closed in.
Our Mutual Friend 2004
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In actuality, I had not so much as outwalked the older and poorer parts before the west was lifted to cover the sun.
The Shadow of the Torturer Wolfe, Gene 1980
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In the hills behind Tyre, he got himself benighted with me, nearly alone, because I outwalked my strength and he would not leave me on anyone else's arm.
The Persian Boy Renault, Mary 1972
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The advance guard has outwalked the convoy and while ponies toil up the hill, we seek shelter in the lee of a house to rest, to smoke.
The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 Harry H. Mead
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He did not hide his satisfaction at having outwalked some one who boasted of his pedestrianism, or at having been able to swing the scythe after all the rest of the harvesters had dropped from exhaustion, or at having, in legislative hall, tripped up some villainous scheme for robbing the public treasury.
Forty Years in South China The Life of Rev. John Van Nest Talmage, D.D. Rev. John Gerardus Fagg
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He walked on until he had outwalked the town front, outwalked the straggling tents, till he had left the noise, and light, and laughter behind him.
A Girl of the Klondike Victoria Cross 1910
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He did not hide his satisfaction at having outwalked some one who boasted of his pedestrianism, or at having been able to swing the scythe after all the rest of the harvesters had dropped from exhaustion, or at having, in legislative hall, tripped up some villainous scheme for robbing the public treasury.
Forty Years in South China Fagg, John Gerardus, 1860-1917 1894
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