Overtake synonyms

ō'vər-tāk'

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catch (related)
To get (something required), usually quickly or for a brief period:
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reach (related)
(Informal) To grasp and hand over to another:
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get to
To affect adversely; to upset or annoy.
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overhaul
To gain on, catch up with, or overtake
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pass
(Intransitive) To be tolerated as a substitute for something else, to "do".
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apprehend
To understand
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overwhelm
To present with an excessive amount:
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approach
(Intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to draw nigh; to advance nearer.
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attain
To reach in excellence or degree; to equal.
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fall-behind (antonym)
(Intransitive) To be progressively below average in performance.
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catch up
To pick up suddenly.
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seek (related)
To inquire for; request:
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win (related)
To receive as a prize or reward for performance:
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overpower
To get the better of by superior power; make helpless; subdue
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sweep over
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
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whelm
To overpower or crush; overwhelm
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overcome
To deal with successfully; prevail over; surmount:
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thwart (related)
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outpace (related)
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held-up (related)
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Overtake Sentence Examples

  • With the bridges open, the threat she'd foreseen was going to overtake the human world.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Let the noon find thee by other lakes, and the night overtake thee everywhere at home.

  • To lack such care and tendance was - along with want of regular burial - the most dreadful fate that could overtake an ancient; and a Roman, like a Hindu, in case he was childless, adopted a male child whose duty it would be, as if his own son, to continue after his death the family rites or sacra.

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