Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To work more, faster, or harder than (someone else).

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

  2. (obsolete, rare)To work out to a finish; to complete.

Forms

outworks, outworking, outworked, outworked
Base formoutwork · to outwork
3rd person singularoutworks
Present participleoutworking
Past simpleoutworked
Past participleoutworked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoutwork
he, she, itoutworks

Past simpleLesson

all personsoutworked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave outworked
he, she, ithas outworked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill outwork

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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