What does outwork mean?
Outwork means (transitive) To work more, faster, or harder than (someone else)..
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/aʊtˈwɜːk/ · verb
(transitive) 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.
For now three dayes of men were full outwrought, / Since he this hardie enterprize began [...].
Beyond the castle, scattered outworks offered some protection for the farther-flung peasants.
Use outwork when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Outwork means (transitive) To work more, faster, or harder than (someone else)..
Common synonyms include fieldwork.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
A few may be able to outsmart him, but no one can outwork him.
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