OUTRUN


Meaning of OUTRUN in English

(~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

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