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Meaning of OUTRUN

Pronunciation:  aût'run

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 Definition: [v]  run faster than; as in a race
 
 See Also: run

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Out*run"\, v. t. [imp. {Outran}; p. p. {Outrun}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Outrunning}.]
To exceed, or leave behind, in running; to run faster than;
to outstrip; to go beyond.

      Your zeal outruns my wishes.             --Sir W.
                                               Scott.

      The other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to
      the sepulcher.                           --Jhon xx. 4.

 
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