English verb: outpace | |||
1. | outpace (competition) surpass in speed | ||
Samples | Malthus believed that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass | ||