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Stenka25  #543414  Sat, 19 Jul 08 06:06 AM
I am curious about how the word 'outstrip' comes to have the meaning of 'surpass' since the word 'strip' doesn't have any meaning of the sort.


For example 'outnumber' has the meaning of 'surpass in number.'


But in case of 'outstrip' I can figure out what to do with 'strip.'
  
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CalifJim  #543438  Sat, 19 Jul 08 09:03 AM
See www.m-w.com.

Etymology:
out- + obsolete strip to move fast
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Marius Hancu  #543486  Sat, 19 Jul 08 11:54 AM
OP,

Get a better dictionary, such as this one:

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outstrip

  Function: transitive verb


Etymology: out- + strip


1 : to go faster than <a speed far outstripping the fastest rocket plane -- R.M.Sutton>


2 a : to leave behind : go ahead of : EXCEL, SURPASS <in certain countries knowledge had far outstripped wisdom -- A.L.Guérard> <the central nervous system ... has outstripped all else -- Waldemar Kaempffert> b : to exceed in quantity or number <fall into ever greater destitution as their numbers outstrip their resources -- Barbara Ward> <the demand for mortgage money outstripped savings -- L.H.Olsen>


synonym see EXCEED

 http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com

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Stenka25  #543764  Sun, 20 Jul 08 02:45 AM
Thanks, Marius Hancu.
Thanks, CJ.
Than ks.
  
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