as in to exceed
to go beyond the limit of
our expenses have been outrunning our revenues for some months now
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An unlikely friendship is forged as the two fugitives attempt to outrun a violent kingpin — and their pasts.
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Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 1 Apr. 2025
In India, even the world’s most visionary filmmakers cannot outrun the inevitable intermission.
—Viren Naidu, IndieWire, 24 Mar. 2025
In most polls of June’s Democratic mayoral primary to date, Cuomo is outrunning Adams by a 3:1 margin.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
Mike White’s insistence that none of us can really outgrow or outrun ourselves is emerging as season three’s relentlessly bleak motif.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2025
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Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 1 Apr. 2025
In India, even the world’s most visionary filmmakers cannot outrun the inevitable intermission.
—Viren Naidu, IndieWire, 24 Mar. 2025
In most polls of June’s Democratic mayoral primary to date, Cuomo is outrunning Adams by a 3:1 margin.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
Mike White’s insistence that none of us can really outgrow or outrun ourselves is emerging as season three’s relentlessly bleak motif.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for outrun
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“Outrun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outrun. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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