outrun
verb (used with object)
to run faster or farther than.
was outrunning
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past progressiveof outrun.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Then it was outrunning the defense to dunk a Tyger Campbell lob.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2023
Life was much simpler when all he had to worry about was outrunning frustrated bankers and angry women.
From Salon ● Dec. 23, 2019
"Earlier in the year, you can see it in my film, that I wasn't letting my blocks set up and I was outrunning my blockers," Wilson said.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2012
With the exception of Simmons, he was outrunning most big guys.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 12, 2010
I felt that I was outrunning time, and that I should neither be heard nor understood; and so it has proved.
From On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment by Honor? Bourguignon
