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English Dictionary: outstrip by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
outstrip
v
  1. be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"
    Synonym(s): surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform
  2. go far ahead of; "He outdistanced the other runners"
    Synonym(s): outdistance, outstrip, distance
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Outstrip \Out*strip"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Outstripped}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Outstripping}.]
      To go faster than; to outrun; to advance beyond; to leave
      behing.
  
               Appetites which . . . had outstripped the hours.
                                                                              --Southey.
  
               He still outstript me in the race.         --Tennyson.
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