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   Out·dis·tance

   /ˌoutˈdist(ə)ns/

   

   verb

   • 1. leave (a competitor or pursuer) far behind: "she could maintain a fast enough pace to outdistance any pursuers" Similar outrunoutstriprun faster thanoutpaceleave behindget (further) ahead ofgain ondraw away fromovertakepassshake offthrow offloseput distance between oneself and someone elsewiden the gap between oneself and someone elsesurpassoutshinedo better thanoutclassoutdoexcelexceedtranscendtopcaptrumpbeatbetterleave behindleadinformal:leave standingwalk away fromarchaic:outrivaloutvie

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   What does outdistance mean?

   • He walked smartly away, not only to outdistance the lodging-house keeper's voice, but because he was confused and disappointed. Outdistance definition: to leave behind, as in running; outstrip. See examples of OUTDISTANCE used in a sentence.

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   What does it mean if you outdistance your opponents?

   • If you outdistance your opponents in a contest of some kind, you beat them easily . ...a millionaire businessman who easily outdistanced his major rivals for the nomination. [VERB noun] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.

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   What enables a man to outdistance all ordinary competitors?

   • His continuous practice in talking enables him easily to outdistance all ordinary competitors. He knew only that, beyond any question of doubt or uncertainty, he had outdistanced her. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

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   Can the south outdistance the north?

   • If the South is honest with itself, it may well outdistance the North in the improvement of race relations. When escorting the bombers we had to fly as slowly as we could and weave back and forth so as to not outdistance them. Cleo asked a boy, who was trying to outdistance the bright red fire engine.

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   to be faster in a race than other competitors, or (more generally) to be much better than someone: The company outdistance their nearest business competitors by a long way. Synonym. outstrip. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Winning, losing & scoring in sport. aet. against the run of play idiom. all out. blow someone away. boss.

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   Outdistance definition: to leave behind, as in running; outstrip. See examples of OUTDISTANCE used in a sentence.

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   3 days ago · If you outdistance someone, you are a lot better and more successful than they are at a particular activity over a period of time.

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   IPA guide. Other forms: outdistanced; outdistancing; outdistances. Definitions of outdistance. verb. go far ahead of. “He outdistanced the other runners”. synonyms: distance, outstrip. see more.

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   Outdistance definition: to leave behind, as in running; outstrip. See examples of OUTDISTANCE used in a sentence.