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outstrip

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˌaʊtˈstɹɪp/Part of speech verbSorted ioprsttuStarts with OEnds with P0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. be or do something to a greater degree

Word origin

From out- (prefix forming verbs with the sense of exceeding or surpassing) + strip (“(obsolete) to move or pass by quickly”).

Used in a sentence

  • We quickly outstripped the amateur runners.
  • And leaſt that I in telling of my tale may longer bee, / Than they in ronning of their race, outſtripped quight was shée. / And he that wan her, marying her enioyd her for his fée.
  • The Savages pursued, some of them came up to him, he beat them off, outstript the rest, ran into the sea, and swam off to the boat.

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