OUTDISTANCE


Meaning of OUTDISTANCE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ aʊtdɪstəns ]

( outdistances, outdistancing, outdistanced)

1.

If you outdistance someone, you are a lot better and more successful than they are at a particular activity over a period of time.

It didn’t matter that Ingrid had outdistanced them as a movie star.

= outdo

VERB : V n

2.

If you outdistance your opponents in a contest of some kind, you beat them easily.

...a millionaire businessman who easily outdistanced his major rivals for the nomination.

= outstrip

VERB : V n

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