Usually means: Surpass others in performance, distance.
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  1. outdistance: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. outdistance: Merriam-Webster
  3. outdistance: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. outdistance: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. outdistance: Collins English Dictionary
  6. outdistance: Vocabulary.com
  7. outdistance: Wordnik
  8. outdistance: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. outdistance: Wiktionary
  10. outdistance: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. outdistance: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. outdistance: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. outdistance: Dictionary.com
  14. outdistance: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. outdistance: Rhymezone
  16. outdistance: FreeDictionary.org
  17. outdistance: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. outdistance: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. outdistance: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. outdistance: Encyclopedia

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▸ verb:  (transitive) To run farther or faster than another, or to finish a race with a large margin.

Similar:
outstrip, distance, outdrive, outfinish, out-do, leave behind, outchase, superate, outsurpass, outdrag, more...

Opposite:
catch up to, keep up with, stay close to, trail behind

Types:
surpass, outstrip, outshine, outperform, outwit, outmaneuver, more...

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Similar:
outstrip, distance, outdrive, outfinish, out-do, leave behind, outchase, superate, outsurpass, outdrag, more...

Opposite:
catch up to, keep up with, stay close to, trail behind

Types:
surpass, outstrip, outshine, outperform, outwit, outmaneuver, more...



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