(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If something ~s a particular amount or number, it is greater or larger than that amount or number. (FORMAL)
Its research budget ~s $700 million a year...
His performance ~ed all expectations.
VERB: V n, V n
2.
If you ~ a limit or rule, you go beyond it, even though you are not supposed to or it is against the law. (FORMAL)
He accepts he was ~ing the speed limit...
VERB: V n