overtake
Use Overtake in a sentence
vərˈteɪk verb (used with object)
1.
to catch up with in traveling or pursuit; draw even with: By taking a cab to the next town, we managed to overtake and board the train.
2.
to catch up with and pass, as in a race; move by: He overtook the leader three laps from the finish.
3.
to move ahead of in achievement, production, score, etc.; surpass: to overtake all other countries in steel production.
4.
to happen to or befall someone suddenly or unexpectedly, as night, a storm, or death: The pounding rainstorm overtook them just outside the city.
verb (used without object)
5.
to pass another vehicle: Never overtake on a curve.
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| —vb , -takes, -taking, -took, -taken | |
| 1. | chiefly (Brit) to move past (another vehicle or person) travelling in the same direction |
| 2. | (tr) to pass or do better than, after catching up with |
| 3. | (tr) to come upon suddenly or unexpectedly: night overtook him |
| 4. | (tr) to catch up with; draw level with |
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Word Origin & History
overtake
"to come up to, to catch in pursuit," early 13c. (implied in pp. ouer-token), from over + take (q.v.).
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Example sentences
Fatigue and relief from the stress of bombing runs would overtake them.
It also helps to control encroaching vegetation, such as wax myrtle, that grows quickly and can overtake other vegetation.
Zosimus, judging it was some holy anchoret, ran that way with all his speed to overtake him.
Basically, this is because you can not set up an experiment where you overtake a particle traveling at the speed of light.
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