transitive. To outdo in running; to run faster or further than. Also: to leave behind by greater speed; to escape, elude.
单词 | θ109867 |
释义 | the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away from [verb (transitive)] > leave behind by superior speed (9) outrunc1460 transitive. To outdo in running; to run faster or further than. Also: to leave behind by greater speed; to escape, elude. to show (a person) a (clean or fair) pair of heels (also one's heels)1595 to show (a person) a (cleanor fair) pair of heels (also one's heels) and variants: to flee, to run away from someone or something; (in later use… to have (also get) the heels of1649 to have (also get) the heels of: to outrun, outstrip; to catch up with. Now rare. to throw out1682 transitive. To outrun, outpace, or leave behind (a pursuer, a fellow competitor in a race, etc.). Cf. to throw off 7a at phrasal verbs. Obsolete. distance1691 transitive. To leave behind or outpace (the other members of a party or group, or other people who are heading in the same direction); esp. to pull… to throw off1695 transitive. To shake off or elude (a pursuer, a fellow competitor in a race, etc.). Cf. to throw out 8a at phrasal verbs, to throw off the scent at… lose1709 To draw away from, be no longer near or among; to leave hopelessly behind in a race. to gain ground of1719 to gain ground: originally Military to conquer ground from an adversary: cf. equivalent phrases s.v. g… to gain ground of: to draw further away… to gain from1805 intransitive or absol. with prepositions. to gain from: to get further away from (a pursuer). ? Obsolete. (Cf. 8d.) |
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