outrunverb [ T ]
uk/ˌaʊtˈrʌn/us/ˌaʊtˈrʌn/present participle outrunning, past tense outran, past participle outrunto move faster or further than someone or something:
The men easily outran the police officer who was chasing them.
to develop faster or further than something:
In the future, demand for tungsten will outrun supply.
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Surpassing in quality or number
- beat
- catch
- catch up
- compare
- crown
- eclipse
- exceed
- go one better idiom
- leave sb standing idiom
- north
- outperform
- outran
- outsell
- outshine
- outstrip
- tower
- tower above/over sth
- transcend
- upstage
- writ large idiom
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