outpace
Verb
Meaning
To outgo; to move faster than; to leave behind.
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Examples
A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
The spiritual leader should outpace the rest of the church, above all, in prayer.
Malthus believed that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence
Between 1910 and 1920, Phoenix surpassed Tucson in population, and has continued to outpace Tucson in growth.
Both the sword and the bow and arrow as well as other weaponry proliferate and an arms race of sorts between the tribes ensued as they tried to outpace one another.
After November 6th, there was only one day where Crist managed to (barely) outpace Rick Scott on Twitter.