The term "outstrip" in literature is versatile, functioning both as a literal expression of speed and as a metaphor for transcending limitations. In Tagore’s work [1] it describes a man who can outstrip the constraints of a world weighed down by time and space, while Alcott uses it to illustrate a character's struggle to outstrip the emotional burdens he carries in his heart [2]. Whitman applies it in a political and geographical context to predict that the south might yet outstrip the north [3], and Homer employs the term in a vivid simile where wild boars outstrip hounds amid a backdrop of swift retreats and resurgent conflicts [4]. Victor Hugo uses it to depict the futile efforts of a sea-bird trying to outstrip the relentless tides [5], demonstrating its imagery of futile pursuit, and it even appears in didactic and proverbial forms in translations and essays [6, 7]. Across these varied examples, "outstrip" not only conveys physical speed—as seen in the thrill of races and chases [8, 9, 10]—but also captures more abstract ideas of overcoming or failing to overcome challenges, whether they be internal struggles, social constraints, or natural forces [11, 12, 13, 14].