outspeedv.
/ˌaʊtˈspiːd/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈspid/ transitive. To surpass in speed; to move, run, etc., faster than.
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the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > gain (ground) upon > catch up or overtake > outstrip
to leave behinda1393
overgoc1425
preventa1500
outgo1530
out-trot1555
outstrip1567
stripa1592
outpacea1596
out-swift1606
to have (also get) the speed ofa1616
outstretcha1642
to give (a person or thing) the go-by1642
to gain bounds of1653
outrace1657
outspeed1661
to cast behind1681
distance1691
belag1721
repass1728
outfoot1740
outdistance1789
fore-reach1803
to have the foot of1832
to run away1843
slip1856
short-head1863
tine1871
forespeed1872
outrate1873
1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 230 When he sees another running for a prize, [he] will post away to out-speed him.
1705 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus (ed. 2) I. iii. 409 Twelve Colts they bore him cou'd their Sire out-speed.
1724 R. Welton Substance Christian Faith 150 As swift as he rode he could not outspeed the Divine vengeance.
a1784 G. A. Stevens Time for all Things in Songs, Comic & Satyrical (1788) 78 A wish still to do, has my doings out-sped, And all I have left, alas! lumbers my head.
1837 M. Shelley Falkner III. xv. 238 I shall soon be in Carlisle, my dearest friend, but this letter will out-speed me, and bring you the first intelligence of my poor father's death.
1867 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Æneis 337 The maiden..on foot outsped the horse.
1950 Amer. Midland Naturalist 43 305 Einarsen..recorded an instance of a buck outspeeding a car making 61 mph.
2001 Northern Echo (Electronic ed.) 9 Apr. Blaydon full back Gareth King..simply outsped the rest on a blistering run to the left corner.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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