outrace
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of outrace
Example Sentences
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He’s in such peak physical condition that you believe Isaiah’s conviction that it’s possible to outrace Father Time.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2025
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
At the urging of Frances’s mother, who was fearful that they would be captured with such a defiant marionette as they tried to outrace the Nazis, they buried the puppet in their backyard.
From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2022
I’ve got to get ahead of Jay, outrace the current.
From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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