out-distance
Example Sentences
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He did, however, concede that the Japanese player was likely to out-distance him at the tee-off.
From The Guardian • Nov. 5, 2017
Even if I started running, I couldn’t out-distance all of them.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
The irregulars and regulars seemed determined to out-distance each other in feats of chivalry.
From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 by Creswicke, Louis
They would never allow the enemy to out-distance us in so important a department.
From Simon Called Peter by Keable, Robert
A wheel was turning in his head, so quickly, so quickly in this great heat that, unless he were quicker than it, it would out-distance him altogether.
From Red Pottage by Cholmondeley, Mary
