outdistance

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verb

To run farther or faster than another, or to finish a race with a large margin.

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outgallopoutrunoutstripdistance
OriginEnglish distance ← Middle English ut- ← Old English ūt- →
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Meanings

verboutdistance (third-person singular simple present outdistances, present participle outdistancing, simple past and past participle outdistanced)

present singular third person outdistances · participle present outdistancing · participle past outdistanced · past outdistanced

  1. transitiveTo run farther or faster than another, or to finish a race with a large margin.

    He could not long outdistance such a runner as the Bishop, whose tremendous strides would surely overhaul him in the end.

    1922, Christopher Morley, chapter 12, in Where the Blue Begins

    Synonyms: outgallop, outrun, outstrip

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo run farther or faster than another, or to finish a race with a large margin.

Similar
outgallopoutrunoutstrip

More synonyms by meaning

verbgo far ahead of

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outstripdistance
Broader
leave behind
Also see
distanceoutgooutstrip

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úd
  2. Proto-Germanic*ūt
  3. Proto-Germanic*ūt-
  4. Old Englishūt-
  5. Middle Englishut-
  6. Englishout-
  7. Englishdistance
  8. Englishoutdistance

From out- + distance.

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Translations

Bulgarian надбягвам
  • надбягвам (nadbjagvam)To run further or faster than another
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APA

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MLA

“outdistance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outdistance. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outdistance,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outdistance.

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