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outwork

verb
/aʊtˈwɜːk//ˈaʊtwɜːk/

Etymology

From out- + work.

  1. inherited from *werǵ-✻ — “to make”
  2. inherited from *wérǵom✻ — “work”
  3. inherited from *werką✻ — “work”
  4. inherited from *werk✻
  5. inherited from weorc
  6. inherited from work
  7. formed as outwork — “out- + work”

Definitions

  1. To work more, faster, or harder than (someone else).

    • A few may be able to outsmart him, but no one can outwork him.
    • And I am one of those people who is indefatigable, in the true sense that I beg someone to find someone who can outwork me.

  2. To work out to a finish

    To work out to a finish; to complete.

    • For now three dayes of men were full outwrought, / Since he this hardie enterprize began [...].

  3. A minor, subsidiary fortification built beyond the main limits of fortification.

    • Beyond the castle, scattered outworks offered some protection for the farther-flung peasants.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Agricultural work done outdoors in the fields.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA