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What (who) is overtake - definition

ACT OF ONE VEHICLE GOING PAST ANOTHER SLOWER MOVING VEHICLE

Undertaking (driving); Overtaking on the inside; Undertaking (Driving); Overtake; Undertook; Passing on the right; Passing on the left

Overtake

·vt Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken), drunken.

II. Overtake ·vt To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with.

III. Overtake ·vt To come upon from behind; to Discover; to Surprise; to Capture; to Overcome.

overtake

¦ verb (past overtook; past participle overtaken)

1. chiefly Brit. catch up with and pass while travelling in the same direction.

2. become greater or more successful than.

3. come suddenly or unexpectedly upon: the report was overtaken by events.

overtake

v. a.

Catch, come up with.

Wikipedia

Overtaking

Overtaking or passing is the act of one vehicle going past another slower moving vehicle, travelling in the same direction, on a road. The lane used for overtaking another vehicle is often a passing lane farther from the road shoulder, which is to the left in places that drive on the right and to the right in places that drive on the left.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overtaking

Examples of use of overtake

1. For two decades now Kfar Saba has watched Ra‘anana overtake it in the west and Hod Hasharon overtake it in the south.

2. HAMILTON: Well, from the very beginning we recognized that events could overtake our work, could overtake policy –– American policy in the region.

3. After repeated attempts Hrithik’s driver managed to overtake the Zen.

4. It became public when Obama threatened to overtake her.

5. And don‘t even think about trying to overtake anyone.