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Webster 1913 Edition
Outrun
Out-run′
,Verb.
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. John xx. 4.
Webster 1828 Edition
Outrun
OUTRUN'
, v.t1.
To exceed in running; to leave behind in running.2.
To exceed; as, to outrun one's income.Definition 2024
outrun
outrun
English
Verb
outrun (third-person singular simple present outruns, present participle outrunning, simple past outran, past participle outrun)
- To run faster than the others.
- To exceed or overextend.
- 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Modern Library Edition (1995), page 164
- They will take care not to outrun their income. They will never be distressed for money.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 28
- [...] as I levelled my glance towards the taffrail, foreboding shivers ran over me. Reality outran apprehension; Captain Ahab stood upon his quarter-deck.
- 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Modern Library Edition (1995), page 164
Translations
run faster
exceed
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References
- outrun in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- outrun in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Noun
outrun (plural outruns)
- (sheepdog trials) The sheepdog's initial run towards the sheep, done in a curving motion so as not to startle them.