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

Thierry Henry curved away from defenders, Cristiano Ronaldo attacked their blind side and Kylian Mbappe outran them. — Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

Worthy outran Kader Kohou for a score that got a rise from the fans in attendance. — Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026

In the $200,000 San Clemente Handicap 35-1 longshot Somerset West (Armando Ayuso) outran nine other 3-year-old fillies, including three formidable challengers who shipped in from the east. — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026

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