Synonyms
Examples of outrun in a Sentence
The rabbit had no chance of outrunning the dogs.
His motorcycle could outrun any car on the road.
Recent Examples on the Web
Watch this 👀 Subway sprint: Two friends tried to outrun a New York City train.
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Daniel Wine, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
Escape on horseback goes south:Video shows suspect trying to outrun police on horseback before being caught
What are signs of bird flu?
—USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
At the top of this list is Manchin, who in 2012 essentially reversed President Barack Obama's losing margin, outrunning the Democratic presidential ticket in West Virginia by about 51 points in the process.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2024
The once revolutionary fake meat purveyor can’t seem to outrun the looming specter of its own demise.
—Marnie Shure / The Takeout, Quartz, 26 Feb. 2024
Give me George Kittle out-receiving Travis Kelce and Christian McCaffrey outrunning Isiah Pacheco.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 8 Feb. 2024
Cockerill and the team addressed that in this series by not giving the bugs a name and showcasing the very real struggles in their lives, from outrunning a hungry mantis, finding food, to avoiding being squished by our shoes.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 Jan. 2024
RuPaul has been trying to outrun that kind of thinking for a long time.
—Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
That’s speedy enough to outrun the fastest human, most horses, and just about all their natural predators.
—Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 28 Feb. 2024
Daniel Wine, CNN, 4 Apr. 2024
Escape on horseback goes south:Video shows suspect trying to outrun police on horseback before being caught
What are signs of bird flu?
—USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
At the top of this list is Manchin, who in 2012 essentially reversed President Barack Obama's losing margin, outrunning the Democratic presidential ticket in West Virginia by about 51 points in the process.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2024
The once revolutionary fake meat purveyor can’t seem to outrun the looming specter of its own demise.
—Marnie Shure / The Takeout, Quartz, 26 Feb. 2024
Give me George Kittle out-receiving Travis Kelce and Christian McCaffrey outrunning Isiah Pacheco.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 8 Feb. 2024
Cockerill and the team addressed that in this series by not giving the bugs a name and showcasing the very real struggles in their lives, from outrunning a hungry mantis, finding food, to avoiding being squished by our shoes.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 Jan. 2024
RuPaul has been trying to outrun that kind of thinking for a long time.
—Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
That’s speedy enough to outrun the fastest human, most horses, and just about all their natural predators.
—Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 28 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1526, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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outrun
verb
out·run
(ˈ)au̇t-ˈrən 
outran
-ˈran
; outrun; outrunning
; outrun; outrunning
1
: to run or go faster than
2
: exceed sense 1
our needs outran our funds
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