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OUTDISTANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does outdistance mean?
• OUTDISTANCE (verb)
The verb OUTDISTANCE has 1 sense:
1. go far ahead of
Familiarity information: OUTDISTANCE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it outdistances Past simple: outdistanced
Past participle: outdistanced
-ing form: outdistancing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Go far ahead of
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
distance; outdistance; outstrip
Context example:
He outdistanced the other runners
Hypernyms (to "outdistance" is one way to...):
leave behind (depart and not take along)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Context examples
Their irritability arose out of their misery, increased with it, doubled upon it, outdistanced it.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
It was vain to think of One Ear so outdistancing his pursuers as to be able to cut across their circle in advance of them and to regain the sled.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
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