overtræffe — meaning in English

English meaning

• outstrip verb To move more quickly than (someone or something) so as to outrun or leave it behind.
• surpass verb To do better than, or go beyond, someone or something.

Senses

overtræffe is used for these senses in English:

• outstrip (figuratively) To exceed or surpass (someone or something).
• surpass (transitive) To go beyond or exceed (something) in an adjudicative or literal sense.

outstrip — full definition

1. verb To move more quickly than (someone or something) so as to outrun or leave it behind.
2. verb To exceed or surpass (someone or something).
3. verb To exceed or overstep (a boundary or limit); to transgress.

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