outstrip
9 synonyms for outstrip, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Verb — To move faster than someone or something and leave them behind.
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Etymology
From out- (prefix forming verbs with the sense of exceeding or surpassing) + strip (“(obsolete) to move or pass by quickly”).
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