outstrip

About 0.27 uses per million words.

Meaning

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

   We quickly outstripped the amateur runners.

2. verb To exceed or surpass (someone or something).

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

3. verb To exceed or overstep (a boundary or limit); to transgress.

Similar words

outdistance outmatch outdo surpass surmount exceed outgo distance outpace outperform

Often followed by

the all his their them him those its supply that

Word family

outstripped outstripping outstrips outstript