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    [Verb]  | "over*take" | \ ˌō-vər-ˈtāk \


    1: to catch up with

    2: to catch up with and pass by

    3: to come upon suddenly


    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English, from {see: |over:1|over:1} + taken to take;

    [Verb]  | "overtook" 


    1: to move fast enough to get even with;


      * e.g., " ... she had to hurry to overtake her friends, who had forgotten their umbrellas "



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    [Verb]  | "overtake" 


    1: to move fast enough to get even with;


      * e.g., " ... she had to hurry to overtake her friends, who had forgotten their umbrellas "



    •  Antonyms : 

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