Definition

1. Verb (past participle of "outgo"):
   • To have gone beyond: "outgone" means having surpassed or exceeded someone or something in distance, time, or achievement.
   • To have left or departed: It can also refer to having already left or moved ahead of others.

Usage Examples

• (She had surpassed them in speed or distance.)
• (They had moved ahead and left the others behind.)

Advanced Usage

• "to be outgone": to be surpassed or exceeded.
  • His generosity was never outgone by anyone. (No one surpassed his generosity.)

Variants and Related Words

• Outgo (v): to go beyond or surpass.

  • They hoped to outgo the previous year's sales. (To exceed the previous sales figures.)

• Outgoing (adj): leaving or departing; also sociable and friendly.

  • The outgoing president gave a farewell speech. (The president who is leaving office.)

Synonyms

• Surpassed: exceeded or gone beyond.
• Outstripped: moved faster than and left behind.

Phrasal Verbs

• Go out: to leave a place (not a direct phrasal verb with "outgone", but related).
  • She had already gone out when I arrived. (She had left.)

Related Idioms

• Outgone one's welcome: to have stayed longer than is appropriate or desired.
  • He felt he had outgone his welcome at the party. (He had stayed too long and was no longer wanted.)

Note: "Outgone" is an archaic or rare form; the modern equivalent is "outgone" used primarily as the past participle of "outgo", which itself is less common than "surpass" or "exceed".