verb
- traveling farther or faster than someone or something else; surpassing in travel distance or speed
Usage: present participle of 'outtravel'; chiefly British spelling (American: 'outtraveling')
Examples
- The experienced hiker was outtravelling the rest of the group by several miles each day.
- Modern trains are outtravelling horse-drawn carriages in both speed and distance.
- She spent the summer outtravelling her competitors in the cross-country cycling race.
- The merchant ships were outtravelling rival traders on the sea routes.
- By outtravelling his peers, he became the first to reach the remote settlement.