Word family noun run rerun runner running overrun adjective running runny verb run outrun overrun rerun adverb running
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishoutrunout‧run /aʊtˈrʌn/ verb (past tense outran /-ˈræn/, past participle outrun, present participle outrunning) [transitive] 1 RUNto run faster or further than someone else2 DEVELOPto develop more quickly than something else The company’s spending was outrunning its income.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
outrun• The servicing of perceived strategic needs is outrunning economic capacity.• I was able to outrun him, but I knew he was clever.• The fire was moving so fast you couldn't outrun it.• Consumer demand has outrun our production capabilities.• The occasional burst of speed is required to outrun real and imaginary predators.• Even though the university system grew rapidly, demand for places in some subjects began to outrun supply.• The others shook their heads, seeing more and more, their memories outrunning their knowledge now.• Fleet-footed young men were always arriving to race with her and she always outran them. 