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outsprint

outsprint verb: to sprint faster than.

Verb

outsprint (third-person singular simple present outsprints, present participle outsprinting, simple past and past participle outsprinted)

  1. (transitive) To sprint faster than.
    • Yesterday, he […] outsprinted fellow Australian Graeme Brown (Rabobank) and Switzerland's Martin Elmiger (AG2R).2009 January 22, Ron Reed, “Allan Davis sprints to Tour Down Under lead”, in Herald Sun

Forms of outsprint

third-person singular presentoutsprints
present participleoutsprinting
past participleoutsprinted
pastoutsprinted

Origin of outsprint

From out- + sprint.

Questions about outsprint

What does outsprint mean?
Outsprint means to sprint faster than.
What part of speech is outsprint?
Outsprint is a verb.
What is the past tense of outsprint?
The past tense of outsprint is outsprinted.

Words near outsprint in the dictionary

  1. outspreadingly
  2. outspreads
  3. outspring
  4. outspringing
  5. outsprings
  6. outsprint
  7. outsprinted
  8. outsprinting
  9. outsprints
  10. outsprung
  11. outspun

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