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OUTDISTANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does outdistance mean? 

OUTDISTANCE (verb)
  The verb OUTDISTANCE has 1 sense:

1. go far ahead ofplay

  Familiarity information: OUTDISTANCE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OUTDISTANCE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they outdistance  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it outdistances  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: outdistanced  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: outdistanced  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: outdistancing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Go far ahead of

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

distance; outdistance; outstrip

Context example:

He outdistanced the other runners

Hypernyms (to "outdistance" is one way to...):

leave behind (depart and not take along)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody


 Context examples 


Their irritability arose out of their misery, increased with it, doubled upon it, outdistanced it.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

It was vain to think of One Ear so outdistancing his pursuers as to be able to cut across their circle in advance of them and to regain the sled.

(White Fang, by Jack London)



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