outdistance (outdistances 3rd person present) (outdistancing present participle) (outdistanced past tense & past participle )
1 verb If you outdistance someone, you are a lot better and more successful than they are at a particular activity over a period of time.
(=outdo)
It didn't matter that Ingrid had outdistanced them as a movie star. V n
2 verb If you outdistance your opponents in a contest of some kind, you beat them easily.
(=outstrip)
...a millionaire businessman who easily outdistanced his major rivals for the nomination. V n