Synonyms of outrunning

outrunning

verb

present participle of outrun

as in exceeding

to go beyond the limit of

our expenses have been outrunning our revenues for some months now

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exceeding
• surpassing
• overrunning
• transcending
• overshooting
• overreaching
• overstepping
• outreaching
• invading
• breaking
• encroaching
• overpassing
• entrenching
• trespassing
• infringing
• overdoing
• overworking
• overusing
• overutilizing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of outrunning

His peers of the mid-19th century were outrunning their critics and the old strictures of colonial imitation. — Steven Johnson, Washington Post, 14 July 2026

As a result, innovation is outrunning supervision. — Hersh Shefrin, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

The Times reported that Dela Rosa had been in hiding for months but that he was seen publicly on Monday in the Senate building when surveillance cameras captured footage of him outrunning agents seeking to arrest him. — Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026

And his rider, Flavien Prat, has a knack for outrunning the odds with his mounts in Triple Crown races. — Steve Kornacki, NBC news, 1 May 2026

Cutting off a guy’s finger and stitching a tiny bomb into someone’s chest is essentially the same as remembering how to put together a gun or outrunning a horde of bad guys. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Apr. 2026

Moffa says the first step in navigating grief is to stop outrunning it. — Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 26 Feb. 2026

George gathers a defensive rebound, and Sarr, who starts this sequence underneath his defensive backboard, sprints upcourt, outrunning his Knicks counterpart, Karl-Anthony Towns. — Josh Robbins, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026

The Timberwolves were outrunning the Jazz at home with a 23-9 advantage in fast-break points through three quarters, but couldn't sustain that effort in the fourth. — CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026