outstrip
[ out-strip ]
/ ˌaʊtˈstrɪp /
verb (used with object), out·stripped, out·strip·ping.
to outdo; surpass; excel.
to outdo or pass in running or swift travel: A car can outstrip the local train.
to get ahead of or leave behind in a race or in any course of competition.
to exceed: a demand that outstrips the supply.
Nearby words
- outstare,
- outstation,
- outstay,
- outstretch,
- outstretched,
- outstroke,
- outsung,
- outswear,
- outswing,
- outswinger
Origin of outstrip
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outstrip
/ (ˌaʊtˈstrɪp) /
verb -strips, -stripping or -stripped (tr)
to surpass in a sphere of activity, competition, etc
to be or grow greater than
to go faster than and leave behind
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outstrip
1570s, "to pass in running," from out + Middle English strip "move quickly," of unknown origin. Figurative sense of "to excel or surpass in anything" is from 1590s. Related: Outstripped; outstripping.
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