About The Word Overtake

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Overtake

Overtake Meaning & Definition
Overtake Definition And Meaning

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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