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out⋅strip

  [out-strip]
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–verb (used with object), -stripped, -strip⋅ping.
1. to outdo; surpass; excel.
2. to outdo or pass in running or swift travel: A car can outstrip the local train.
3. to get ahead of or leave behind in a race or in any course of competition.
4. to exceed: a demand that outstrips the supply.
Origin:
1570–80; out- + strip 1
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out·strip   (out-strĭp')   
tr.v.   out·stripped, out·strip·ping, out·strips

  1. To leave behind; outrun.

  2. To exceed or surpass: "Material development outstripped human development" (Edith Hamilton). See Synonyms at excel.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

outstrip 
1580, "to pass in running," from out + M.E. strip "move quickly," of unknown origin. Fig. sense of "to excel or surpass in anything" is from 1592.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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