outstrip
Americanverb (used with object)
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to outdo; surpass; excel.
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to outdo or pass in running or swift travel.
A car can outstrip the local train.
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to get ahead of or leave behind in a race or in any course of competition.
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to exceed.
a demand that outstrips the supply.
verb
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to surpass in a sphere of activity, competition, etc
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to be or grow greater than
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to go faster than and leave behind
Etymology
Origin of outstrip
Example Sentences
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“There are some significant supply issues,” Lundin at the Gold Newsletter said of industrial demand outstripping supply of mined silver.
From MarketWatch
I discovered that column shortly after graduating, when my love of food far outstripped my paycheck in public media.
From Salon
Because demand far outstrips supply, there is a waiting list for the roughly 1.2 million new watches the company sells a year, based on Morgan Stanley’s latest estimate.
Today, its reserves of about 300 billion barrels of oil are counted as the largest in the world, outstripping even those of Saudi Arabia.
From Los Angeles Times
Top U.S. law firms have been growing rapidly in revenue and size, creating a bifurcated market where the big get bigger, allowing them to attract the best talent and outstrip smaller players.
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