outrun

Speech parts

1. outrun - Noun

2. outrun - Verb

Meaning

of Outrun

To exceed, or leave behind, in running; to run faster than; to outstrip; to go beyond.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

dodge excel best better top lead distance outplay avoid pass escape defeat lose beat overcome
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Antonyms

chase approach course dog hound follow
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Hypernyms

run

Derivatives

outran outrun outrunning

Anagrams

runout

Examples

Do not let one's tongue outrun one's sense. Chilon of Sparta

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. Martin Luther King Jr.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends for which we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. Martin Luther King Jr.

You can outrun what is running after you, but not what is running inside of you. African Proverb

No matter how fast a man is, he cannot outrun his shadow. Cameroon Proverb

One who runs alone cannot be outrun. Ethiopian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

outrow outruck outrule outrun the constable outrunner outrunning