The Collaborative International Dictionary
Outrun \Out*run"\, v. t. [imp. Outran; p. p. Outrun; p. pr. & vb. n. Outrunning.] To exceed, or leave behind, in running; to run faster than; to outstrip; to go beyond.
Your zeal outruns my wishes.
--Sir W.
Scott.
The other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to
the sepulcher.
--John xx. 4.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of outrun English)
WordNet
v. run faster than; "in this race, I managed to outran everybody else"
[also: outrunning, outran]
See outrun
Usage examples of "outrunning".
The engine sounds rose in a series of screams while he slammed through the gears as though his life depended on outrunning the past, the present, the future.
Since Caleb had little hope of outrunning the outlaws, or hiding the tracks of his own two horses and Willow’s five all the way to the San Juans, somehow he would have to outsmart—or outshoot—the men who would inevitably follow.
I’ve just been talking with the Commander about our chances of outrunning the fleet behind us.
Habeas managed the remarkable simultaneous feat of squealing until he sounded like a railroad engine, and outrunning the coyote in a flat footrace.
She determined to stand up in the hopes of outrunning Rascal, especially as the barque cat stood conveniently close to provide a prop to raise herself up.
He might have a chance of outrunning the whoopi if he'd been by himself.
She would be incapable of outrunning the Slime Beast should it find her.