Thesaurus: overtake

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1. v. t. To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with.
2. v. t. To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to capture; to overcome.
3. v. t. Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken), drunken.
4. v. catch up with and possibly overtake
5. v. travel past
6. v. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
7. v:100 v. catch up with and possibly overtake