outlabour
Definition
- Verb (transitive): To work harder or more diligently than (someone); to surpass in labour or effort.
Usage Examples
- (He worked more diligently than his coworkers.)
- (He could work harder than the animals.)
Advanced Usage
- "to outlabour oneself": To exhaust oneself by working excessively hard.
- She outlaboured herself preparing for the exam and fell ill. (She worked so hard that she became sick.)
Variants and Related Words
Outlabouring (present participle/gerund): The act of working harder than others.
- Outlabouring the competition is not always the key to success. (Working harder than rivals.)
Outlaboured (past tense/past participle): Having been worked harder than.
- The old horse was outlaboured by the younger team. (The younger team worked harder than the old horse.)
Synonyms
- Outwork: to work harder or longer than.
- Outdo: to surpass in performance or effort.
- Outperform: to achieve better results than.
Related Idioms
- Outlabour the clock: To work so hard that time seems insufficient.
- They outlaboured the clock to meet the deadline. (They worked extremely hard despite limited time.)
Phrasal Verbs
- Outlabour through: to persist in working harder than others until a task is completed.
- She outlaboured through the night to finish her report. (She worked harder than anyone else throughout the night.)