overtake

Definitions


[ˌəʊvəˈteɪk], (Verb)

Definitions:
- catch up with and pass while travelling in the same direction
(e.g: her car overtook a line of vehicles)

- (especially of misfortune) come suddenly or unexpectedly upon
(e.g: disaster overtook the town in 1296)


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definition by Oxford Dictionaries