About The Word Overtake
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Overtake
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What's The Definition Of Overtake?
[v] catch up with and possibly overtake; "The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp"
[v] overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli [v] travel past, as of a vehicle; "The sports car passed all the trucks" Synonyms | Synonyms for Overtake: catch | catch up with | overcome | overhaul | overpower | overwhelm | pass | sweep over | whelm Related Terms | Find terms related to Overtake: attend | befall | booze up | boozify | catch up with | come after | come up to | come up with | come upon | crock | displace | emanate | ensue | follow after | follow up | fuddle | gain on | gain upon | go after | hit | issue | lap | leave behind | leave standing | outdistance | outpace | outrun | outsail | outstrip | overhaul | overwhelm | pass | pickle | plaster | pollute | reach | replace | result | seize | souse | stew | stone | strike | succeed | supervene | swack | take | tipsify | track | trail See Also | advance | arouse | benight | clear | clutch | compete | contend | devastate | elicit | enkindle | evoke | fire | get by | get hold of | go on | kill | kindle | knock out | lock | march on | move on | pass on | progress | provoke | raise | seize | stagger | top | vie Overtake In Webster's Dictionary \O`ver*take"\, v. t. [imp. {Overtook}; p. p.
{Overtaken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Overtaking}.]
1. To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion;
to catch up with.
Follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake
them, say . . . Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for
good. --Gen. xliv.
4.
He had him overtaken in his flight. --Spenser.
2. To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to
capture; to overcome.
If a man be overtaken in a fault. --Gal. vi. 1
I shall see The winged vengeance overtake such
children. --Shak.
3. Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken),
drunken. [Obs.] --Holland.
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