(~s, ~ning, outran)
Note: The form '~' is used in the present tense and is also the past participle of the verb.
1.
If you ~ someone, you run faster than they do, and therefore are able to escape from them or to arrive somewhere before they do.
There are not many players who can ~ me.
VERB: V n
2.
If one thing ~s another thing, the first thing develops faster than the second thing.
Spending could ~ the capacity of businesses to produce the goods.
= exceed, outstrip
VERB: V n