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outstrip


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Outstrip  \Out*strip"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Outstripped};  p.  pr 
  &  vb  n.  {Outstripping}.] 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  outstrip 
  v  1:  be  or  do  something  to  a  greater  degree;  "her  performance 
  surpasses  that  of  any  other  student  I  know";  "She 
  outdoes  all  other  athletes";  "This  exceeds  all  my 
  expectations"  [syn:  {surpass},  {outmatch},  {outgo},  {exceed}, 
  {outdo},  {surmount}] 
  2:  go  far  ahead  of  "He  outdistanced  the  other  runners"  [syn:  {outdistance}, 
  {distance}] 




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