Outrun

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ÊŒn
• IPA: /ˈaÊŠtɹʌn/

Full definition of outrun

Verb

1. To run faster than the others.
2. To exceed or overextend.
• 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Modern Library Edition (1995), page 164They will take care not to outrun their income. They will never be distressed for money.
• 1851, Herman Melville, ,... as I levelled my glance towards the taffrail, foreboding shivers ran over me. Reality outran apprehension; Captain Ahab stood upon his quarter-deck.

Noun

1. (sheepdog trials) The sheepdog's initial run towards the sheep, done in a curving motion so as not to startle them.

Anagrams

• run out, runout