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/ˌaʊtˈstɹɪp/ · verb
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.
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.
[…] Bingley, who wanted to be alone with Jane, proposed their all walking out. […] Bingley and Jane, however, soon allowed the others to outstrip them. They lagged behind, while Elizabeth, Kitty, and Darcy, were to entertain each other.
Roaring he calleth "sound," and a steed that high bloweth in running, he compareth to Eclipse, for he outstrippeth the wind.
There was a violent jostle between the remaining men. […] The MacQuern overtook Mr. Oover at St. Mary's and outstripped him in Radcliffe Square.
The wing outstripped Mark Cueto, but [Ben] Foden's excellent cover tackle killed the threat.
This year’s production has already outstripped last year’s.
Use outstrip when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Outstrip means To move more quickly than (someone or something) so as to outrun or leave it behind..
Common synonyms include overgo, overhaul, overtake, outdo.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
We quickly outstripped the amateur runners.
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