be outdistanced
Example Sentences
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When an oil rig has an engine and a propeller, however – when she is classed as a vessel; a mobile she, not a stationary it – regulations can be outdistanced.
From The Guardian • May 2, 2017
The Japanese Akagi and Kaga would be outdistanced in a day.
From Time Magazine Archive
The President was not to be outdistanced on another front.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was plain to see that unless something happened they would soon be outdistanced.
From Bob Cook and the German Spy by Tomlinson, Paul Greene
Lupin foresaw that Daubrecq, in order to escape the detectives watching the house, would jump into the first taxi; and he did not intend to be outdistanced.
From The Crystal Stopper by Leblanc, Maurice
