Question

What does the word “surpassed” mean in the following sentence? As Alex surpassed everyone in the race, he looked like an Olympic champion. A. greeted B. failed C. applauded D. outran

Answer 1

B. he outran them because if you loked at the context clues it says it ws a race and in a race you don't greet people and also alex failed everyone and looked like an Olympic champion doesn't really make since because if he failed everyone it would make him look bad not good

Answer 2

the answer is D. outran because the definition of outran is past of.