单词 | outmarch |
释义 | outmarchn. An outward march or journey on an expedition; an advance. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > expedition fareOE outfarea1400 outinga1425 expeditiona1616 outmarch1847 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece III. i. xxxiv. 230 The adventures..on the out-march and the home-march. 1884 Amer. Missionary 38 115 With a more earnest outmarch toward this work the number forty could have been easily quadrupled. 1900 Daily News 5 Jan. 5/7 The Canadian Contingent had for the out-march been placed in waggons. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). outmarchv. transitive. To march faster or further than. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk upon or tread [verb (transitive)] > outdo in marching outmarch1629 1629 W. Davenant Albovine i. i Our motion has been swift: wee out-march Time. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 95 The Horse had out-march'd the Foot. 1753 J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea IV. xxxv. 279 He would upon any emergency out-march his baggage. 1847 J. J. Oswandel Notes Mexican War (1885) vii. 396 We..marched very fast. This was owing to the brags the Massachusetts men made, that they could out-march any regiment on the road. 1870 Daily News 27 Dec. The Germans have hitherto out~marched the French in this war. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 843/1 Washington..outmarched Cornwallis at Trenton, and marching to his rear defeated three British regiments..at Princeton. 1941 Hispanic Amer. Hist. Rev. 21 15 Oviedo adds that Almagro could outmarch the Indians themselves. 2002 Detroit News (Nexis) 18 Apr. 10 c They can outmarch any recruit in any branch of armed service. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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