outrun

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌn
• IPA: /ˈɑʊtɻʌn/

Verb

outrun (third-person singular simple present outruns, present participle outrunning, simple past outran, past participle outrun)

1. To run faster than the others.
2. To exceed or overextend.
   • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Modern Library Edition (1995), page 164

     They will take care not to outrun their income. They will never be distressed for money.

   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 28

     [...] as I levelled my glance towards the taffrail, foreboding shivers ran over me. Reality outran apprehension; Captain Ahab stood upon his quarter-deck.

Translations

run faster

• Dutch: ontlopen

• French: prendre de l'avance sur, distancer (fr), prendre de vitesse (fr)
• Maori: kaikape (mi)

exceed

• French: dépasser (fr)

References

• outrun in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• outrun in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Noun

outrun (plural outruns)

1. (sheepdog trials) The sheepdog's initial run towards the sheep, done in a curving motion so as not to startle them.

Anagrams

• run out, runout