Outwork


[verb out-wurk; noun out-wurk] /verb ˌaʊtˈwɜrk; noun ˈaʊtˌwɜrk/

verb (used with object), outworked or outwrought, outworking.
1.
to harder, better, or faster than.
2.
to out or carry on to a conclusion; finish:
a problem to be outworked in after generations.
3.
Archaic. to outdo in workmanship.
noun
4.
a minor defense built or established outside the principal fortification limits.
noun (ˈaʊtˌwɜːk)
1.
(often pl) defences which lie outside main defensive works
2.
work performed away from the factory, office, etc, by which it has been commissioned
verb (transitive) (ˌaʊtˈwɜːk) -works, -working, -worked, -wrought
3.
to work better, harder, etc, than
4.
to work out to completion

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