1. to run faster than someone or something else
2. to exceed or go beyond something in speed, development, or progress

Examples

• The cheetah can outrun almost any other animal.
• She managed to outrun her pursuers and escape.
• Technology has outrun our ability to regulate it properly.
• The company’s expenses have outrun its income this quarter.
• He tried to outrun the storm but got caught in the rain.
• The athlete outran all her competitors in the final stretch.
• Population growth has outrun the city’s infrastructure development.