Meaning of OVERTAKE
| Pronunciation: | | `owvur'teyk
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | catch, catch up with, overcome, overhaul, overpower, overwhelm, pass, sweep over, whelm |
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| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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