outrunning
Faster than pursuit
Outrunning is running faster or farther than someone or something else, leaving it behind.
The word extends to any form of escape or evasion: outrunning the police, outrunning your past.
You can outrun abstract threats too: trying to outrun inflation, You can't outrun your problems forever.
Act of chasing something
- fugitiveOne fleeing authorities
- manhuntSearch for a suspect
- trackerOne who follows trails
- houndHunting dog breed
pursuit · capture · prey · tail · shadowing · trail · evade · flee
Go past a limit
- outstripSurpass or overtake
- outdoExceed in achievement
- transcendGo beyond limits
- outperformAchieve superior results
outpace · outshine · outmatch · eclipse · prevail · overcome · best · trump
Capacity for sustained effort
- persistenceContinuing despite difficulty
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
grit · determination · perseverance · toughness · conditioning · legs · cardio · wind
pursuit
Act of chasing something
hound · pursuit · capture · prey · tail · shadowing · trail · evade · flee · elude
exceed
Go past a limit
outperform · outpace · outshine · outmatch · eclipse · prevail · overcome · best · trump · top
stamina
Capacity for sustained effort
- persistenceContinuing despite difficulty
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
tenacity · grit · determination · perseverance · toughness · conditioning · legs · cardio · wind · fatigue
competitors
Those seeking same goal
sprint · athletes · stadium · pacesetter · overtake · lead · gaining · drafting · kick · homestretch
danger
Exposure to harm
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- stormSevere atmospheric disturbance
- wildfireUncontrolled vegetation blaze
flood · avalanche · deadline · debt · aging · decline · obsolescence · consequences · fate · past
- evasionevasion, avoiding, avoids, evade, dodging
- sheepdog trialssheepdog, sheepdog trials, herding, handler, lift
- outperformingsurpassing, exceeding, excelling, outperforming, outdoing
outrunningfalling behind
lagging behind · getting caught · trailing · losing ground · dropping back
outrunningcatching up
Closing a distance
overtaking · catching · closing the gap · running down · cornering
run, runner, running, overrun, outrun, rundown, forerunner, rerun, runners