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outstripping
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vb. (present participle of outstrip English)
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Outstrip \Out*strip"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Outstripped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Outstripping .] To go faster than; to outrun; to advance beyond; to leave behind. Appetites which . . . had outstripped the hours. --Southey. He still outstript me in the race. --Tennyson. ...
Usage examples of outstripping.
We continued on for two hours, outstripping evidence of human habitation.
Jemmy translated 'Earth' into 'Pern' If his peer group did not enjoy his company, he enjoyed that of his mentors and was fast outstripping all of them in knowledge and practical applications.
The vibrations damped away and the noise of the jets dwindled—for, of course, they were outstripping most of the sound they made—and the plane seemed to hang in shining stillness.
He slid effortlessly away into the green, placing his hands and feet slowly and methodically, but he moved rapidly and almost noiselessly, soon outstripping any effort Joshua might have made to catch him.