Showing that a function is uniformly continuous, if it is locally Lipschitz

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I have shown easily that a function is uniformly continuous if it is globally Lipschitz, but I am not sure how to approach the case when we only consider locally Lipschitz functions.

my attempt: I fixed an epsilon, and chose a delta (to be determined in terms of epsilon later). Then fixed two points with a distance less than delta. I then argued that each of these points has a neighborhood for which the function is Lipschitz (by definition) and tried fiddling around with the definitions and the triangle inequality with no luck.

Any hints or direction would be appreciated.

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What is the domain of the function? I believe that if the function is $f:K\to \mathbb{R}$, where $K$ is compact, then the statement is true.

Because $f$ is locally Lipschitz, for each point $x\in K$, there exists an open neighborhood around $x$, say $U_x$, and a constant $L_x$ such that $\forall x_1,x_2\in U_x:|f(x_1)-f(x_2)|\leq L_x|x_1-x_2|$.

Then, $\{U_x:x\in K\}$ is an open covering of $K$, and because $K$ is compact, finitely many such sets (and corresponding Lipschitz constants) cover $K$, then you can choose the largest constant...