outstrip

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verb (used with object),out·stripped, out·strip·ping.
  1. to outdo; surpass; excel.

  2. to outdo or pass in running or swift travel: A car can outstrip the local train.

  1. to get ahead of or leave behind in a race or in any course of competition.

  2. to exceed: a demand that outstrips the supply.

Origin of outstrip

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First recorded in 1570–80; out- + strip1

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British Dictionary definitions for outstrip

outstrip

/ (ˌaʊtˈstrɪp) /


verb-strips, -stripping or -stripped (tr)
  1. to surpass in a sphere of activity, competition, etc

  2. to be or grow greater than

  1. to go faster than and leave behind

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