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Verb: outstrip (outstripped,outstripping)  ,awt'strip
  1. Be or do something to a greater degree
    "her performance outstrips that of any other student I know";
    - surpass, outmatch, outgo [archaic], exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform
     
  2. Go far ahead of
    "He outstripped the other runners";
    - outdistance, distance

Derived forms: outstripped, outstripping, outstrips

Type of: defeat, get the better of, leave behind, overcome

Encyclopedia: Outstrip