outrun

Definition

  • verb: to run or move faster than (someone or something)
  • verb: to run faster than
  • synonyms: outstrip

Examples

  • The demand for the product has quickly 'outrun' [='exceeded', 'outpaced'] the company's ability to produce it.

  • The rabbit had no chance of 'outrunning' the dogs.

  • His motorcycle could 'outrun' any car on the road.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) The power in that fortress will only grow stronger. You want me to cast my friends aside? Anything behind us? Not that I can see. I think we've outrun the Ores. Not for long. We've lost the current. Bombur's half drowned. - Make for the shore! - Aye. Come on, let's go! (..)
    2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug