OUTSTRIP

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

(verb) be or do something to a greater degree; “her performance surpasses that of any other student I know”; “She outdoes all other athletes”; “This exceeds all my expectations”; “This car outperforms all others in its class”

outdistance, outstrip, distance

(verb) go far ahead of; “He outdistanced the other runners”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

outstrip (third-person singular simple present outstrips, present participle outstripping, simple past and past participle outstript or outstripped)

(transitive) To outrun or leave behind.

(transitive) To exceed, excel or surpass.

Synonyms

• (to outrun or leave behind): overgo, overhaul, overtake

• (to exceed, excel or surpass): overstep, transgress, transcend; see also transcend

Anagrams

• strip out, suitport, trips out

Source: Wiktionary


Out*strip", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Outstripped; p. pr. & vb. n. Outstripping.]

Definition: To go faster than; to outrun; to advance beyond; to leave behing. Appetites which . . . had outstripped the hours. Southey. He still outstript me in the race. Tennyson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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19 April 2025

CATCH

(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.

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