outrun

Word family

out·run /aʊtˈrʌn/ verb (past tensepst outran /-ˈræn/, past participlepp outrun, present participle outrunning) [transitiveT]

1. RUNto run faster or further than someone else 比…跑得快[远]

2 DEVELOPto develop more quickly than something else 发展快于…，超过…

The company’s spending was outrunning its income.

公司入不敷出。

Examples from the Corpus

outrun• The servicing of perceived strategic needs is outrunning economic capacity.• I was able to outrun him, but I knew he was clever.• The fire was moving so fast you couldn't outrun it.• Consumer demand has outrun our production capabilities.• The occasional burst of speed is required to outrun real and imaginary predators.• Even though the university system grew rapidly, demand for places in some subjects began to outrun supply.• The others shook their heads, seeing more and more, their memories outrunning their knowledge now.• Fleet-footed young men were always arriving to race with her and she always outran them.

Chinese

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Corpus

BNC: 21358 COCA: 16586

outrun

To run: run, run, runner...