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outmarch verb[ T ] uk /ˌaʊtˈmɑːtʃ/ us /ˌaʊtˈmɑːrtʃ/ (of soldiers) to march faster or for longer than another person or group: The Polish forces were outmarched and some of them retreated. He was constantly outmarching and outflanking the mutineers. On the 3rd of January 1777, Washington outmarched Cornwallis at Trenton. Within weeks of his arrival he had raised an army, outmarched his opponents, and captured Edinburgh. The XXIV Corps with the Independent Division in the lead outmarched General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Moving firmly on foot breeze bull clomp clump flounce goose step lope pace parade prance sashay stamp stomp stride strut surefooted swaggeringly unmounted vamp waltz
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