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OUTRUN (outran, outrunning)

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Irregular inflected forms: outran  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, outrunning  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does outrun mean? 

OUTRUN (verb)
  The verb OUTRUN has 1 sense:

1. run faster thanplay

  Familiarity information: OUTRUN used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OUTRUN (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they outrun  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it outruns  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: outran  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: outrun  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: outrunning  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Run faster than

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

in this race, I managed to outran everybody else

Hypernyms (to "outrun" is one way to...):

run (move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

Sam cannot outrun Sue


 Context examples 


Yes, yes, they will take care not to outrun their income.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

But woe the dog that outran his fellows in such pursuit!

(White Fang, by Jack London)

In the present instance, this last-arrived lady allowed her fancy to so far outrun truth and probability, that on merely hearing the name of the Miss Dashwoods, and understanding them to be Mr. Dashwood's sisters, she immediately concluded them to be staying in Harley Street; and this misconstruction produced within a day or two afterwards, cards of invitation for them as well as for their brother and sister, to a small musical party at her house.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Stealing backward glances as he ran, he was always ready to whirl around and down the overzealous pursuer that outran his fellows.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

And not only did he outrun them, but, circling widely back on his track, he gathered in one of his exhausted pursuers.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

It was a long, cruel chase, but he was better nourished than they, and in the end outran them.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

He tried to outrun her by leaving the drive and circling across the lawn but she ran on the inner and smaller circle, and was always there, facing him with her two rows of gleaming teeth.

(White Fang, by Jack London)



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