outward

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YOU know how fur you could have outwalked him betwixt anywheres about where he lost the tide—say Richmond—and this, if you had a mind to it.'

From Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles

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.

From A Girl of the Klondike by Cross, Victoria

You know how fur you could have outwalked him betwixt p. 126anywheres about where he lost the tide—say Richmond—and this, if you had had a mind to it.’”

From Rambles in Dickens' Land by Allbut, Robert

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.

From The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 by Jahns, Lewis E.

Bertha, who remained silent, hastened home, and, old as she was, several times outwalked her weak and melancholy companion.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 by Various