outstrip.
To move more quickly than (someone or something) so as to outrun or leave it behind.
Meaning & usage
To move more quickly than (someone or something) so as to outrun or leave it behind.
We quickly outstripped the amateur runners.
To exceed or surpass (someone or something).
This year’s production has already outstripped last year’s.
To exceed or overstep (a boundary or limit); to transgress.
Where this word comes from
From out- (prefix forming verbs with the sense of exceeding or surpassing) + strip (“(obsolete) to move or pass by quickly”).
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