outdistance

verb

outdistance

verb

Etymology From out- + distance.

1

To run farther or faster than another, or to finish a race with a large margin.

  • He could not long outdistance such a runner as the Bishop, whose tremendous strides would surely overhaul him in the end.1922, Christopher Morley, chapter 12, in Where the Blue Begins:
Synonyms
outgallop, outrun, outstrip

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