outran

verb

1. simple past tense of outrun.

verb (used with object), out·ran, out·run, out·run·ning.

1. to run faster or farther than.
2. to escape by or as if by running: They managed to outrun the police.
3. to exceed; excel; surpass.

verb -runs, -running, -ran or -run (tr)

1. to run faster, farther, or better than
2. to escape from by or as if by running
3. to go beyond; exceed

v.mid-14c., “to run out,” from out (adv.) + run (v.). Sense of “to outstrip in running” is from 1520s; figurative use from 1650s. Related: Outran; outrunning.