outdistance v : go far ahead of; "He outdistanced the other runners" [syn: outstrip, distance]

English

Verb

1. To run further or faster than another, or to finish a race with a large margin.
   • 1922, Christopher Morley, Where the Blue Begins, ch. 12,

     He could not long outdistance such a runner as the Bishop, whose tremendous strides would surely overhaul him in the end.

Synonyms

• outgallop, outrun, outstrip

carry out, distance, extend out, get ahead of, go, go out, hold the field, leave behind, outlie, outrange, outstretch, overpass, pass, range out, reach out, shoot ahead of, steal a march, stretch out, surpass