Outstrip

//ˌaʊtˈstɹɪp// verb

verb ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To move more quickly than (someone or something) so as to outrun or leave it behind. transitive

    "We quickly outstripped the amateur runners."

  2. 2
    be or do something to a greater degree wordnet
  3. 3
    To exceed or surpass (someone or something). figuratively, transitive

    "This year’s production has already outstripped last year’s."

  4. 4
    go far ahead of wordnet
  5. 5
    To exceed or overstep (a boundary or limit); to transgress. archaic, rare, transitive

    "Therefore Gentlemen, / And kinde Spectators, if I haue out-ſtript / An old mans gratuitie, or ſtrict canon, thinke / What a yong Wife, and a good Brayne may doe: / Stretch Ages truth ſometimes, and crack it too."

Synonyms

All synonyms
exceedoutdistanceoutdosurpasssurpassovergo

Example

More examples

"McDaniel said the damage caused by the virus will likely far outstrip that caused by the ongoing tariff-based trade war between the U.S. and China."

Etymology

From out- (prefix forming verbs with the sense of exceeding or surpassing) + strip (“(obsolete) to move or pass by quickly”).

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