outrun Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb run faster than
    • in this race, I managed to outran everybody else

WordNet


Out*run" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect Outran ; past participle Outrun; present participle & verbal noun Outrunning
Definitions
  1. To exceed, or leave behind, in running; to run faster than; to outstrip; to go beyond.
    Your zeal outruns my wishes. Sir W. Scott.
    The other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulcher. Jhon xx. 4.

Webster 1913