Dic: overtake (as a verb)

• 1. When he eventually overtook the last truck he pulled over to the inside lane.
• 1. The red car was pulling out ready to overtake.
• 2. Sales are booming in Japan, which has overtaken Britain as the Mini's biggest market.
• 3. Tragedy was shortly to overtake him, however.
• 4. Something like panic overtook me

1.VERB | If you overtake a vehicle or a person that is ahead of you and moving in the same direction, you pass them. [mainly BRIT] (Cf. in AM, usually use pass)

2. VERB | If someone or something overtakes a competitor, they become more successful than them.

3. VERB | If an event overtakes you, it happens unexpectedly or suddenly. (= befall)

4. VERB | If a feeling overtakes you, it affects you very strongly. [LITERARY] (= overwhelm)

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