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outrunout‧run /aʊtˈrʌn/ verb (past tense outran /-ˈræn/, past participle outrun, present participle outrunning) [transitive] VERB TABLEoutrun |
Present | I, you, we, they | outrun | | he, she, it | outruns | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | outran | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have outrun | | he, she, it | has outrun | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had outrun | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will outrun | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have outrun |
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Present | I | am outrunning | | he, she, it | is outrunning | | you, we, they | are outrunning | Past | I, he, she, it | was outrunning | | you, we, they | were outrunning | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been outrunning | | he, she, it | has been outrunning | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been outrunning | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be outrunning | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been outrunning |
- Consumer demand has outrun our production capabilities.
- The fire was moving so fast you couldn't outrun it.
- Even though the university system grew rapidly, demand for places in some subjects began to outrun supply.
- Fleet-footed young men were always arriving to race with her and she always outran them.
- I was able to outrun him, but I knew he was clever.
- The occasional burst of speed is required to outrun real and imaginary predators.
- The others shook their heads, seeing more and more, their memories outrunning their knowledge now.
- The servicing of perceived strategic needs is outrunning economic capacity.
nounrunrerunrunnerrunningoverrunverbrunoutrunoverrunrerunadjectiverunningrunnyadverbrunning 1to run faster or further than someone else2to develop more quickly than something else: The company’s spending was outrunning its income. |