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Go faster in present though beaten in past (6)

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outrun

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'go' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with motion as well as being verbs in their base form.
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(Other definitions for outrun that I've seen before include "Overtake, escape" , "Go faster than as in foot race" , "Be too fast for on foot" , "Lose" , "Go faster than, on the gallop" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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