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
“His ambition outran his ethics,” Mr. Koenig said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2024
Fleet-footed young men were always arriving to race with her and she always outran them.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
