be outdistanced
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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 President was not to be outdistanced on another front.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The Japanese Akagi and Kaga would be outdistanced in a day.
From Time Magazine Archive
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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
At length interest became so keen that it was decided to stage a real old-fashioned pie-eating contest, to determine whether the champions of the camp were to be outdistanced by a visitor from the city.
From The Radio Boys Trailing a Voice or, Solving a Wireless Mystery by Chapman, Allen