outsail
verb[T]
(alsoout-sail)uk/ˌaʊtˈseɪl/us/ˌaʊtˈseɪl/tosailaboatfasterorbetterthan someoneelse:
Thelargervesselseasilyoutsailed them andsoondisappearedfromview.
TeamNew Zealand hadhullandmastfailuresin two of the fiveracesand were out-sailed in theothers.
- The Italians outsailed theAmericans.
- Thesevesselswerecapableof outsailing othershipsintheirclassand alsocapableofoutrunninganythinglarger.
Moving quickly
- agility
- beetle
- bowl down/alongsomething
- buzz
- careen
- career
- fluent
- gun
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- scud
- scurry
- shoot
- stampede
- ton
- trot
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Sailing & boating
Movement on or through water