| VERB | competition | outpace | surpass in speed |
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| Sounds | aw'tpey.s | |
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| Rhymes | ace / ACE ... workplace: 67 rhymes with eys... | |
| Meaning | Surpass in speed. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Malthus believed that population increase would outpace increases in the means of subsistence" | |
| Broader | surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform | Be or do something to a greater degree |
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