outfoot

present singular third person outfoots · participle present outfooting · participle past outfooted · past outfooted

1. transitiveTo run or travel faster than

   Not a young man of his neighborhood nor any of his college-mates could outfoot him in a race.

   1919, Zane Grey, The Desert of Wheat

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   As has been said, Jerry headed the train of revellers, partially because it was most unwise to cut in ahead of Jerry and partially because there was not a piece of horseflesh in the Three B's which could outfoot his chestnut.

   1920, Max Brand, The Night Horseman

   And Hall, usually so merry, could outfoot them all when he once got started on the cosmic pathos of religion and the gibbering anthropomorphisms of those who loved not to die.

   1913, Jack London, The Valley of the Moon

   CHAPTER XIII. OF THE WILD CAT PATROL, MANILA. The smoke from the steamer was now on the south end of the island, moving along toward the east with a speed which showed Ned that it would be impossible to outfoot the larger craft.

   1911, G. Harvey Ralphson, Boy Scouts in the Philippines

   If the moon stays in for fifteen minutes we shall be out of range of her guns and we can outfoot her in a stern chase."

   1907, Charles Edward Rich, A Voyage with Captain Dynamite

   If the Varicks and the Butlers set the pace, I promise you to keep the quarry, Mistress Folly, in view--perhaps outfoot you all to Bedlam!...

   1902, Robert W. Chambers, The Maid-At-Arms

   Synonyms: outpace, outrun