devancer — meaning in English
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English meaning
- outstrip verb To move more quickly than (someone or something) so as to outrun or leave it behind.
Senses
devancer is used for these senses in English:
- beat to the punch (idiomatic, transitive) To carry out an action before another person is able to do so.
outstrip — full definition
- verb To move more quickly than (someone or something) so as to outrun or leave it behind.
- verb To exceed or surpass (someone or something).
- verb To exceed or overstep (a boundary or limit); to transgress.