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# outstrip

verb (outstrip, outstrips, outstripped, outstripping)

«outstrip» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

To outstrip someone is to go faster than them and leave them behind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outstrip/#m1)

### In the lessons

fast animals or runners leave others far behind in a race

### Examples

- The hare outstrips the tortoise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outstrip/#x1)
- She outstripped the wind as she ran home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outstrip/#x2)
- He outstripped the others in the race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outstrip/#x3)

### Note

in a race it shows how far ahead one is, so the gap is found by subtracting

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «outstrip» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outstrip/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«outstrip» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/outstrip.html) on Mova free.