Overtake

Word OVERTAKE
Character 8
Hyphenation o ver take
Pronunciations /ˈəʊvə(ɹ).teɪk/

Definitions and meanings of "Overtake"

What do we mean by overtake?

To catch up with; draw even or level with. transitive verb

To pass after catching up with. transitive verb

To come upon unexpectedly; take by surprise. transitive verb

The act or fact of overtaking. noun

To come up with in traveling the same way, or in pursuit (with or without the idea of passing the person or thing overtaken); catch up with in any course of thought or action.

To take by surprise; come upon unexpectedly; surprise and overcome; carry away.

Hence To overpower the senses of.

Specifically, to overcome with drink; intoxicate: chiefly in the past participle.

To come up with in a race, pursuit, progress, or motion transitive verb

To surpass in production, achievement, etc.. transitive verb

To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to capture; to overcome. transitive verb

Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken), drunken. transitive verb

To frustrate or render impossible or irrelevant; -- used mostly of plans, and commonly in the phrase overtaken by events. transitive verb

To pass a more slowly moving object. verb

To catch up with, but not pass, a more slowly moving vehicle, animal etc. verb

To become greater than something else verb

To occur unexpectedly verb

Catch up with and possibly overtake verb

Travel past verb

To pass a more slowly moving object or entity.

To become greater than something else

To occur unexpectedly; take by surprise; surprise and overcome; carry away

To catch up with and pass, as in a race; move by Urban Dictionary

(Overtaking): The act of passing slower vehicles for sexual pleasures. Urban Dictionary

A Fortnite skin concept of a lady with pink hair and key necklace. Many don’t know what the key is for, but some assume it’s the key to Purple Remedy’s heart. Urban Dictionary

To overtake a vehicle that is overtaking some other vehicle; to overtake an overtaking vehicle. Urban Dictionary

(In Formula 1, and other motorsports) - When a driver overtakes another driver, usually taking the later out of the race, with the former continuing with minimal damage to the vehicle. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Overtake

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The word "overtake" in example sentences

Or could the chap who nabbed the Tour de France title overtake them both? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Shall not his word overtake you though ministers that speak unto you will not live for ever? ❋ Hugh Binning (1640)

It may be realized that in spite of its air of being impossible to "overtake" -- I must, in this connection, continue to quote its mistress -- there was an attractiveness about the dwelling of the ❋ Sara Jeannette Duncan (N/A)

What gets Washington all jammed up is when ideology and labels overtake what is the clear reality of a circumstance. ❋ ITY National Archives (1994)

And, helped by this widgetisation, mobile devices will perhaps overtake the computer as the principal vehicle for connectivity - overtake, that is, in those parts of the world where they have not reigned all along. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I don't understand the fact that if there are no jobs out there and the RepubliCAN'Ts are campaigning that when they 'overtake' the House and the Senate in 2010, they will bring JOBS back, correct the economy, cut taxes for the Rich, etc. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But sometimes you see his southern roots in Texas and his experience in Alabama kind of overtake him, and he seems to think the United States is one big-ass Texas. ❋ Unknown (2004)

And yet, he let his private life just kind of overtake him. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The two balls are thus being played around in the same direction, following each other; and one of the main features of the game is to have a ball "overtake" that of its opponents. ❋ Jessie Hubbell Bancroft (N/A)

The objects of the game are (1) to complete the round of tossing and catching quicker than the opponents; (2) to "overtake" or outdistance the bag or ball which the opponents are tossing. ❋ Jessie Hubbell Bancroft (N/A)

It is a fun circuit to drive and it is a place you can overtake which is great. [email protected] (2010)

He recently asked if I thought that the iPad will "overtake" the market for netbooks. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It is about to overtake Twitter in the number of [daily] [active] [users] ❋ Gunerx (2016)

[Jimmie] loves [overtaking] [slower] cars after work. ❋ Knuckledragger413 (2022)

Bro have you seen the Onslaught Overtaker [skin] [concept]? [Yeah man] it’s my favorite! ❋ Gingy21 (2021)

[Do not] double-overtake that [vehicle]; it is [perilous]. ❋ Uttam Maharjan (2010)

Did you see George’s [overtake] into turn 1, it was a proper [BREXIT OVERTAKE], [Sainz] didn’t stand a chance ❋ Hudsonfysh (2023)

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