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Definition of Outswim
1. to swim faster or farther than [v -SWAM, -SWUM, -SWIMMING, -SWIMS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Outswim
Literary usage of Outswim
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1916)
"He was not afraid now; tortoises do not fight unless attacked, and the boy could
easily outswim any of ..."
2. Letters by Pliny, Winifred Margaret Lambart Hutchinson (1915)
"... or perhaps, seeming to strive which shall outswim the other ; then again all
are driven to one spot of the shore, which they thus advance, and now here, ..."
3. Education by Project Innovation (Organization) (1906)
"So swift and strong are his sub-aqueous maneuvers that few fish can outswim him.
This interesting creature has another note, a song or call. ..."
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