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

  • (..) Mycroft, he could help us. Big family reconciliation, now's not really the moment. Sherlock...we're being followed. I knew we couldn't outrun the police. That's not the police, it's one of my new neighbours from Baker Street. Let's see if he can give us some answers. Where are we going? (..)
    2012 TvShow: Sherlock Title: The Reichenbach Fall Season: 2 Episode 3