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to outwork

to outwork

3 4.6
To work harder than other people to get better results
  • verb
  • /ˌaʊtˈwɜrk/
translation icon : superar en trabajo
  • In order to win the championship, the team has to outwork their competitors in every game.
  • outwork opponents
  • outwork the other guy
  • outwork everyone else

you can do, you can outwork anybody how bad ass they are.

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Examples

  • He's good wherever they put him; he outworks guys.

    Blog text (16)

  • And I will always outwork you because I love the game more than the stuff.

  • So I always believe that you can outwork tough times, and it's the tough times that create your greatest strength.

    Ryan Pineda

  • You can only tie me and I'm going to outwork you.

  • In order to be a success, you need to outwork everyone else, Cooper said.

    Blog text (3)

  • You're just gonna outwork everybody else.

    No Safe Spaces (2019)

  • In a mostly male-dominated field, she had to prove herself by outworking everyone else.

    Blog text (5)

  • I've I've never met a billionaire professional athlete, a genuine superstar who doesn't outwork everyone around them.

    High Performance

  • She makes sure to outwork her colleagues by staying late and completing more projects.

  • To succeed in this industry, you must be willing to outwork everyone else in the department.

Synonyms

to outdo
vsto outwork
22 3.8

Be better than someone at something

relies more on sustained extra effort or harder work to surpass someone
to outplay
vsto outwork
14 4.2

Do better than and beat an opponent in a game

emphasizes working harder or more effectively across tasks rather than only game skill
to overmatch
vsto outwork
10 7.1

To be much weaker than an opponent in a fight or competition

relies on greater personal effort and effectiveness rather than sheer superiority
to outmatch
vsto outwork
8 6.4

Do better than someone in skill or performance

involves working harder or longer to achieve superiority rather than innate ability
to outcompete
vsto outwork
2 6.1

To do better than someone or something and win

depends more on sustained extra effort than just beating rivals
to outvie
vsto outwork
  • Archaic
9.9

To try to be better than someone in a contest or task

puts in more effort or longer hours rather than only seeking victory
to outgo
vsto outwork
8.1

To be better than another person or thing

focuses on effort and harder work rather than a simple performance gap
to outstand
vsto outwork
7.6

To be better than others in skill or quality

is about putting in extra effort or working harder in competition

How Hard

to overwork
15 4.1
to outwork
3 4.6
work
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

outwork infinitive
outworked past
outworked past participle
outworking present participle
outworks third person singular

Morphology

outwork = work (transparent) = out + work

The productive prefix 'out-' meaning 'to surpass' combined with the verb 'work' yields the meaning 'to work more or better than', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Outwork comes from out- 'more' and work 'to do work', like in outdo, so as a verb it means to put in more effort or to work harder than someone else.