outstrip

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb be or do something to a greater degree
  2. verb go far ahead of

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

surpass, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform

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