Another word for overtake | Synonyms for overtake

Another word for overtake

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overtake

v.

overhaul, catch up with, get to, pass; see catch 3, reach 1.

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Another word for overtake

verb

To come up even with another:
catch up. See seek, win
To catch up with and move past:
overhaul, pass. See approach

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With the bridges open, the threat she'd foreseen was going to overtake the human world.
If from habit and tradition he respects a stranger within his threshold, he yet considers it legitimate to warn a neighbour of the prey that is afoot, or even to overtake and plunder his guest after he has quitted his roof.
Convinced of being divinely inspired, he had begun to see visions, and discovered in the Apocalypse symbols of the heavenly vengeance about to overtake this sin-laden people.
Let the noon find thee by other lakes, and the night overtake thee everywhere at home.
Ardour were unable to overtake the amount of study necessary for this task.

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