Outdistance
[aʊt'dɪst(ə)ns] or ['aʊt'dɪstəns]
Definition
(verb.) go far ahead of; 'He outdistanced the other runners'.
Checker: Walter--From WordNet
Definition
v.t. to distance leave far behind in any competition.
Edited by Bernice
Examples
- Together we raced across the scarlet sward, I timing my speed that I might not outdistance my slower companion. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Judges were appointed to decide as to the merits of the different machines, and in most of the tests McCormick’s reaper outdistanced all its rivals. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Yet this thing of magic has outdistanced every other mode of communication. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
Edited by Jonathan