Outrun Definition

out-rŭn
outran, outrunning, outruns
verb
To run faster, farther, or better than.
Webster's New World
To escape (a pursuer) by or as by running.
Webster's New World
To exceed.
Webster's New World
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noun

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

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Outrun Sentence Examples

  • We can't outrun him.

  • She couldn't outrun it - in any condition, and it could climb a tree as fast as she could.

  • The railway still delivered 30,000 men a month at Mukden, and Japan had for a time outrun her resources.

  • Anything that is big enough to kill you can easily outrun you.

  • And I have a warship with me, you'll never outrun or outgun her and she has a hundred marines onboard.

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Words Starting With

OOUOUT

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NUNRUN

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