outwander

English

Etymology

out- +‎ wander

Verb

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.
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