Outran vs Outman - What's the difference?
outran | outman |
(outrun)
To run faster than the others.
To exceed or overextend.
* 1813 , Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice , Modern Library Edition (1995), page 164
* 1851 ,
(sheepdog trials) The sheepdog's initial run towards the sheep, done in a curving motion so as not to startle them.
To have more people than (one's competitor)
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 12, author=George Vecsey, title=Brisk Wind Infuses the U.S. With Zip and Zing, work=New York Times
, passage=The United States dominated, and then in extra time outworked the outmanned Mexicans, with Jozy Altidore and Donovan setting up Bradley’s second goal. }}
As verbs the difference between outran and outman
is that outran is simple past of outrun while outman is to have more people than (one's competitor.outran
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* *outrun
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- They will take care not to outrun their income. They will never be distressed for money.
- [...] as I levelled my glance towards the taffrail, foreboding shivers ran over me. Reality outran apprehension; Captain Ahab stood upon his quarter-deck.
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* *Noun
(en noun)outman
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