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outwander

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Etymology

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From out- +‎ wander.

Verb

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outwander (third-person singular simple present outwanders, present participle outwandering, simple past and past participle outwandered)

  1. (intransitive) To go out wandering; to roam beyond bounds.
    • 1915, Beatrice Ethel Grimshaw, Red Bob of the Bismarcks, page 101:
      We do not encourage men to outwander in the bush, and make trouble for the Government.
  2. (transitive) To wander farther than.
    • 2018, Penny Feeny, That Summer in Ischia:
      [] a three year old hadn't the stamina to outwander the patrol of several dozen adults.