outrace

American  

[out-reys] / ˌaʊtˈreɪs /

verb (used with object)

outraced, outracing

1. to race or run faster than.

   The deer outraced its pursuers.

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Etymology

Origin of outrace

First recorded in 1650–60; out- + race ¹

Example Sentences

He danced and juked, dodged and eluded tacklers, using his instincts to find open space that allowed him to use his speed to outrace the defense into the end zone.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 11, 2024

Cornell researchers combined soft microactuators with high-energy-density chemical fuel to create an insect-scale quadrupedal robot that is powered by combustion and can outrace, outlift, outflex and outleap its electric-driven competitors.

From Science Daily • Sep. 19, 2023

They'll leave parties early, desperate to outrace the clock and get a kid to their own bed in time.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2023

“I would try to outrace all the kids on my block to get to a police car because I knew I would get bubble gum and a baseball card.”

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2018

This expressly decreed that nothing could outrace the speed of light and yet here were physicists insisting that, somehow, at the subatomic level, information could.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson