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outstrip


verb (used with object), out·stripped, out·strip·ping.

  1. to outdo; surpass; excel.
  2. to outdo or pass in running or swift travel: A car can outstrip the local train.
  3. to get ahead of or leave behind in a race or in any course of competition.
  4. to exceed: a demand that outstrips the supply.

verb -strips, -stripping or -stripped (tr)

  1. to surpass in a sphere of activity, competition, etc
  2. to be or grow greater than
  3. to go faster than and leave behind

v.1570s, “to pass in running,” from out + Middle English strip “move quickly,” of unknown origin. Figurative sense of “to excel or surpass in anything” is from 1590s. Related: Outstripped; outstripping.

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