outrun
verb (used with object)
to run faster or farther than.
outran
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past tense formof outrun.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
Example Sentences
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Nine days in February that revealed how the most powerful technology in human history outran every institution built to contain it.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 13, 2026
Nike outran expectations in its latest quarterly report.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2025
Enten noted that no party outran the polls three election cycles in a row nationally or in key battleground states since 1972.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2024
The lead would last only 10 seconds as Jordan grabbed a short pass and outran multiple defenders for a 76-yard touchdown to make it 17-14.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 13, 2024
“We beat them. You listen to me and you be happy, Todd Hewitt. We’ve spent all this time outrunning an army and guess what? We outran them.”
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
