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Verb: outwork  'awt,wurk
  1. Perform more work or effort than someone else
    "She outworked her competitors to win the contract"
Noun: outwork  'awt,wurk
  1. Subsidiary defensive structure lying outside the main fortified area
    "the outworks of the castle"

Derived forms: outworking, outworked, outworks

Type of: defence [Brit, Cdn], defense [US], defensive structure

Encyclopedia: Outwork