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
The Japanese Akagi and Kaga would be outdistanced in a day.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
