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[ out-ruhn ] / ˌaʊtˈrʌn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR outrun ON THESAURUS.COM
verb (used with object), out·ran [out-ran], /ˌaʊtˈræn/, out·run, out·run·ning.to run faster or farther than. to escape by or as if by running: They managed to outrun the police. to exceed; excel; surpass. Origin of outrunFirst recorded in 1520–30; out + run Words nearby outrunoutrigger, outright, outring, outro, outrow, outrun, outrunner, outrush, outs, outsail, outsang Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for outrunThe subplot is always whether The Company will outrun her latest mood swing, which also turns out to be somehow brilliant. How Crazy Became All the Rage on TV|Elizabeth Wurtzel|October 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST The Bonnie and Clyde couple must rob a virtual bank, threaten virtual civilians, and then outrun the virtual police! Kanye West, John Legend & More Best Music Videos of the Week (VIDEO)|Victoria Kezra|August 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST But their attempts to outrun his Secret Service detail end in disaster when Finn hits a woman and flees the scene. ‘Mad Men,’ ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘The Americans’: Reading Prestige TV Dramas as YA Fiction|Alyssa Rosenberg|April 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST Those who carry out this pillage probably believe they can outrun their own destructiveness. Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco Chronicle Mining Catastrophes in West Virginia|Chris Hedges, Joe Sacco|June 14, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Their ability to outrun and outjump gives them a consistently generous margin for error, which is a huge luxury. How the Oklahoma City Thunder Out-Heated the Miami Heat in Game 1 of the NBA Finals|Jesse Singal|June 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST Two trial races were ridden and the sad cow horse was outrun with apparent ease. Down the Mother Lode|Vivia Hemphill "The fellow thinks he can outrun me on a long pull, as he happened to do so for a short distance once on a time," he thought. Frank Merriwell's Races|Burt L. Standish That was all I could get out of him, without allowing natural curiosity to outrun discretion. The Mountebank|William J. Locke But a Grizzly in a rage can outrun any man in a long race, and the angry she-bear rapidly overhauled her foes. Bears I Have Met--and Others|Allen Kelly She believed she could outrun him, now that they were in the trail. The Lookout Man|B. M. Bower
British Dictionary definitions for outrun
verb -runs, -running, -ran or -run (tr)to run faster, farther, or better than to escape from by or as if by running to go beyond; exceed Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to outrunelude, surpass, beat, distance, exceed, defeat |