outstrip
Syllables: out·strip/ˌaʊtˈstɹɪp/US/ˌaʊtˈstɹɪp/
outstrip verb: to move more quickly than (someone or something) so as to outrun or leave it behind.
Verb
outstrip (third-person singular simple present outstrips, present participle outstripping, simple past and past participle outstripped or outstript)
- To move more quickly than (someone or something) so as to outrun or leave it behind.
- We quickly outstripped the amateur runners.
- And leaſt that I in telling of my tale may longer bee, / Than they in ronning of their race, outſtripped quight was shée. / And he that wan her, marying her enioyd her for his fée.1567, Ovid, “The Tenth Booke”, in Arthur Golding, transl., The XV. Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, Entytuled Metamorphosis, […], London: […] Willyam Seres […], →OCLC, folio 134, recto
- To exceed or surpass (someone or something).
- This year’s production has already outstripped last year’s.
- Death and deſtruction dogge thee at the heeles, / Thy Mothers name is ominous to children, / If thou wilt outſtrip death, go croſſe the ſeas, / And liue with Richmond, from the reach of hell, […]c. 1593 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedy of King Richard the Third. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Sims [and Peter Short] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1597, →OCLC...
- To exceed or overstep (a boundary or limit); to transgress.
- Therefore Gentlemen, / And kinde Spectators, if I haue out-ſtript / An old mans gratuitie, or ſtrict canon, thinke / What a yong Wife, and a good Brayne may doe: / Stretch Ages truth ſometimes, and crack it too.1610 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, The Alchemist, London: […] Thomas Snodham, for Walter Burre, and are to be sold by Iohn Stepneth, […], published 1612, →OCLC, Act V, scene v
- Still, he thought that if Roy happened to expand his kingdom, outstripping that self-imposed nickname of his, it'd be nice to have the man on his list.2005 July, Will Staeger, Painkiller, New York, N.Y.: HarperTorch, HarperCollinsPublishers, published May 2006, →ISBN, page 13
outstrip meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
outstrip in Tamil
- பந்தயம், போட்டி முதலியவற்றில் முன்னேறு, விஞ்சு, மீறு, சிறந்து விளங்கு
outstrip in Urdu
- بڑھ جانا, فائق ہونا, پیچھے چھوڑ دینا, سبقت لے جانا
outstrip in Malayalam
- മത്സരക്കളിയിലും മറ്റും മുന്നേറുക, കൂടുതൽ നന്നായി ചെയ്യുക
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- outstrip in Kannada
- ಮಿಂಚು, ಮೀರಿಸು, ಸೋಲಿಸು, ಮೀರು
Examples of outstrip in a sentence
- The Savages pursued, some of them came up to him, he beat them off, outstript the rest, ran into the sea, and swam off to the boat.1810, Robert Southey, chapter VII, in History of Brazil, 1st part, London: […] [William Pople] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown...
- […] Bingley, who wanted to be alone with Jane, proposed their all walking out. […] Bingley and Jane, however, soon allowed the others to outstrip them.1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter XVI, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton...
- Roaring he calleth "sound," and a steed that high bloweth in running, he compareth to Eclipse, for he outstrippeth the wind.1832, Thomas Hood, “A Horse-dealer”, in The Comic Annual, 2nd edition, London: Charles Tilt, […], →OCLC, page 133:
- Mary's and outstripped him in Radcliffe Square.1911 October 26, Max Beerbohm, chapter VIII, in Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford Love Story, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: John Lane...
Synonyms of outstrip
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Forms of outstrip
| third-person singular present | outstrips |
|---|---|
| present participle | outstripping |
| past participle | outstripped |
| past | outstripped |
| past participle | outstript |
| past | outstript |
| second-person singular present (archaic) | outstrippest |
| second-person singular past (archaic) | outstrippedst |
| third-person singular present (archaic) | outstrippeth |
Origin of outstrip
From out- (prefix forming verbs with the sense of exceeding or surpassing) + strip (“(obsolete) to move or pass by quickly”).
Words formed from outstrip
Words that rhyme with outstrip
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Questions about outstrip
- What does outstrip mean?
- Outstrip means to move more quickly than (someone or something) so as to outrun or leave it behind.
- What is outstrip in Tamil?
- Outstrip in Tamil is பந்தயம், போட்டி முதலியவற்றில் முன்னேறு, விஞ்சு. See Outstrip meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use outstrip in a sentence?
- The Savages pursued, some of them came up to him, he beat them off, outstript the rest, ran into the sea, and swam off to the boat.
- What part of speech is outstrip?
- Outstrip is a verb.
- How do you pronounce outstrip?
- Outstrip is pronounced /ˌaʊtˈstɹɪp/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of outstrip?
- The past tense of outstrip is outstripped.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: outstrip (page history and authors); outstrip (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outstrip (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outstrip (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outstrip (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); outstrip (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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