outrun
verb (used with object)
to run faster or farther than.
had been outrunning
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past perfect progressiveof outrun.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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The engineer saw that this was going to be a different kind of race from the yelling, chattering troop of wild riders which he had been outrunning with unbroken regularity.
From The Duke Of Chimney Butte by P. V. E. (Percy Van Eman) Ivory
Then, showing some slight embarrassment, he explained that he had been "outrunning the constable."
From Mrs. Thompson A Novel by W. B. (William Babington) Maxwell
