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обогна́ть — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • outrun verb To run faster than someone or something, or to escape by outpacing it.
  • outstrip verb To move more quickly than (someone or something) so as to outrun or leave it behind.
  • overtake verb To pass a slower vehicle, runner, or competitor ahead of you.

Senses

обогна́ть is used for these senses in English:

  • outrun (transitive) To run faster than.
  • outstrip (figuratively) To exceed or surpass (someone or something).
  • overtake To pass a slower moving object or entity (on the side closest to oncoming traffic).

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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