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# outrun

«outrun» in Mova's school dictionary: **To run faster or further than someone, so you get away or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (outrun, outruns, outran, outrun, outrunning)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To run faster or further than someone, so you get away or win. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outrun/#m1)

2) To grow or go beyond something: «Our spending outran our money». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outrun/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and nature lessons: a gazelle can outrun a lion over a long distance; a cheetah is fastest but only for a short sprint. In safety: you cannot outrun a wave or a fire, so get out of the way early. In sport: «outrun the defenders».

### examples

- The rabbit outran the fox and escaped. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outrun/#x1)
- Can you outrun your big brother? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outrun/#x2)
- A cheetah can outrun any other land animal over a short distance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outrun/#x3)
- You can't outrun a tsunami, so go to high ground at once. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outrun/#x4)
- She outran all the defenders and scored. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outrun/#x5)
- The gingerbread man thought he could outrun everyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outrun/#x6)
- “He can outrun the wind,” cried Fionn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outrun/#x7)

### note

Irregular like «run»: outrun, outran, outrun. Double «n» in «outrunning». «Out-» means «more or better than»: outrun, outgrow, outswim, outsmart.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «outrun» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outrun/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.