outstrip
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outstrip
- /ˌaʊtˈstɹɪp/ UK
- /ˌaʊtˈstɹɪp/ Canada, US
- [ˌʌʊtˈstɹɪp] Canada, US
- /ˌæɔtˈstɹɪp/ Australia
- /ˌæʊtˈstɹəp/ New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɪp
Where it comes from
From out- (prefix forming verbs with the sense of exceeding or surpassing) + strip (“(obsolete) to move or pass by quickly”).
verb outstrips · outstripping · outstripped · outstript
- To move more quickly than (someone or something) so as to outrun or leave it behind. We quickly outstripped the amateur runners.
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To exceed or surpass (someone or something).
This year’s production has already outstripped last year’s.
Similar: outdo, transcend, exceed, excel, forpass, go beyond, breach, cap, outreach, outcompass, outstep, outstrip
- To exceed or overstep (a boundary or limit); to transgress. Therefore Gentlemen, / And kinde Spectators, if I haue out-ſtript / An old mans gratuitie, or ſtrict canon, thinke / What a yong Wife, and a good Brayne may doe: / Stretch Ages truth ſometimes, and crack it too.
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verb to outrun or leave behind
| Français | devancer |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | überflügeln, überholen, überrunden |
| Русский | опереди́ть operedítʹ, опережа́ть operežátʹ |
verb to exceed, excel or surpass
| Français | devancer |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | übertreffen |
| Русский | опередить opereditʹ, обогнать obognatʹ |
Talk about this word "outstrip." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/outstrip. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. outstrip. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/outstrip "outstrip." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/outstrip.Cite this
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title = {outstrip},
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