outstrip Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb be or do something to a greater degree
    exceed; surpass; outperform; outgo; outmatch; surmount; outdo.
    • 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
  2. verb go far ahead of
    distance; outdistance.
    • He outdistanced the other runners

WordNet


Out*strip" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Outstripped ; present participle & verbal noun Outstripping
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913