Break and Outrun

Break

Break verb - To go beyond the limit of.

Usage example: a menu with prices that is likely to break the budgets of all but the wealthiest of diners

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Outrun and break are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Outrun" instead a verb "Break".

Nearby Words: breach, breakdown, breaking, breakup, breakable

Outrun verb - To go beyond the limit of.

Usage example: our expenses have been outrunning our revenues for some months now

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Break and outrun are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Break" instead a verb "Outrun".

wall	break wall	outrun wall
law	break law	outrun law

Justified, as Daniel has no means by which to fight back against these monsters, they can generally outrun him when they break into a sprint, and closing doors will only slow them down at best.

Source: Video Game / Amnesia: The Dark Descent
While an average zombie can only shuffle or, at most, break out at a disjointed jog, and therefore be outrun, the main problem is they do not get tired.

Source: Zombie Gait
They were able to hit with enough force to break through concrete, fast enough to outrun automatic gunfire and dodge it and perform other incredible physical feats.

Source: Super Soldier

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