outwork

About 0.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

   A few may be able to outsmart him, but no one can outwork him.

2. verb To work out to a finish; to complete.
3. noun 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. noun Agricultural work done outdoors in the fields.

Similar words

work outfinish end out hammer out outcut run out outwear finish off eke out outwill

Often followed by

of and in to was system is nature for

Word family

outworked outworking outworks