verb (used with object), out·stripped, out·strip·ping.
- to outdo; surpass; excel.
- to outdo or pass in running or swift travel: A car can outstrip the local train.
- to get ahead of or leave behind in a race or in any course of competition.
- to exceed: a demand that outstrips the supply.
verb -strips, -stripping or -stripped (tr)
- to surpass in a sphere of activity, competition, etc
- to be or grow greater than
- 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.