Synonyms of outran

outran

verb

past tense of outrun

as in exceeded

to go beyond the limit of

our expenses have been outrunning our revenues for some months now

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exceeded
• surpassed
• overran
• transcended
• overshot
• overstepped
• overreached
• broke
• overpassed
• invaded
• outreached
• entrenched
• encroached
• trespassed
• infringed
• overdid
• overworked
• overused
• overutilized

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of outran

Then Pulisic outran the defense and buried a goal off a pass from Ricardo Pepi. — Tim Rohan, NBC news, 1 June 2026

For decades, sales teams often outran product teams. — Lior Weinstein, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026

Counting Stars has gone off as the favorite in three of her last four starts and outran her 11-1 odds in a second in the Grade 3 Honeybee. — Geoff Clark Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026

Buck’s Boy outran a stellar field of European and North American grass horses to take the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Turf in 1998 and was voted North America’s champion male turf horse. — Neil Milbert, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026

Reuters noted that earlier this month, robots in Beijing outran human runners in a half-marathon race. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026

Humanoid robots outran the fastest human competitors while surpassing the human world record during a half-marathon event held in Beijing on April 19. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 20 Apr. 2026

Lightning also outran the previous champion robot, by almost two hours. — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2026

In the 32nd minute, Jónsdóttir once again outran Anderson down the left sideline to create another breakaway. — Harold Gutmann, Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2026