Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb outstrip

2 senses of outstrip

Sense 1
surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform -- (be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class")
       => beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish -- (come out better in a competition, race, or conflict; "Agassi beat Becker in the tennis championship"; "We beat the competition"; "Harvard defeated Yale in the last football game")

Sense 2
outdistance, outstrip, distance -- (go far ahead of; "He outdistanced the other runners")
       => leave behind -- (depart and not take along; "He left behind all his possessions when he moved to Europe")

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