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  Overtake \O`ver*take"\, v. t. [imp. Overtook; p. p.
     Overtaken; p. pr. & vb. n. Overtaking.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To come up with in a race, pursuit, progress, or motion;
        also, to catch up with and move ahead of.
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              Follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake
              them, say . . . Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for
              good.                                 --Gen. xliv.
                                                    4.
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              He had him overtaken in his flight.   --Spenser.
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     2. Hence: To surpass in production, achievement, etc.; as,
        although out of school for half a year due to illness, the
        student returned and overtook all the others to finish as
        valedictorian.
        [PJC]
  
     3. To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to
        capture; to overcome.
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              If a man be overtaken in a fault.     --Gal. vi. 1
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              I shall see
              The winged vengeance overtake such children. --Shak.
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     4. Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken),
        drunken. [Obs.] --Holland.
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     5. To frustrate or render impossible or irrelevant; -- used
        mostly of plans, and commonly in the phrase overtaken by
        events; as, their careful marketing plan was overtaken by
        events.
        [PJC]

  Overtake \O`ver*take"\, v. t. [imp. Overtook; p. p.
     Overtaken; p. pr. & vb. n. Overtaking.]
     1. To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion;
        to catch up with.
  
              Follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake
              them, say . . . Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for
              good.                                 --Gen. xliv.
                                                    4.
  
              He had him overtaken in his flight.   --Spenser.
  
     2. To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to
        capture; to overcome.
  
              If a man be overtaken in a fault.     --Gal. vi. 1
  
              I shall see The winged vengeance overtake such
              children.                             --Shak.
  
     3. Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken),
        drunken. [Obs.] --Holland.

  overtaking
       n : going by something that is moving in order to get in front
           of it; "she drove but well but her reckless passing of
           every car on the road frightened me" [syn: passing]

  overtaking
     n.
     The act by which one thing overtakes another.
     vb.
     (present participle of en overtake nocat=1)

  overtaking
     n.
     The act by which one thing overtakes another.
     vb.
     (present participle of en overtake nocat=1)

  overtaking
     n.
     The act by which one thing overtakes another.
     vb.
     (present participle of en overtake nocat=1)

  overtaking
     n.
     The act by which one thing overtakes another.
     vb.
     (present participle of en overtake nocat=1)

  overtaking
     Englanti n.
     ohitus, ohittaa, edelle meno
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm o vertak ing e)

  overtaking
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en overtake ordform=prespart)
     Engelska n.
     (tagg transport språk=en) omkörning (på sidan närmast mötande trafik)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb overtake)

  Overtaking /ˌəʊvətˈeɪkɪŋ/
  الإجتياز

  overtaking /ˌəʊvətˈeɪkɪŋ/ 
  předjíždění

  overtaking /ˌəʊvətˈeɪkɪŋ/
  předjetí

  overtaking /ˌəʊvətˈeɪkɪŋ/
   [Br.] Überholen  [auto]
        "improper overtaking/passing"  - falsches Überholen
     Synonym: passing
  

  overtaking /ˌəʊvətˈeɪkɪŋ/
  einholend, überholend, übertreffend
   see: overtake, overtaken
  

  overtaking /ˌəʊvətˈeɪkɪŋ/
  ereilend, hereinbrechend, überraschend
   see: overtake, overtaken, it overtakes, it overtook
  

  overtaking /ˌəʊvətˈeɪkɪŋ/
  überholend
     Synonym: passing
  
   see: overtake a vehicle, pass a vehicle, overtaken, passed, overtakes, he/she passes, I/he/she overtook
  

  overtaking /ˌəʊvətˈeɪkɪŋ/
  
  προσπέρασμα

  overtaking /ˌəʊvətˈeɪkɪŋ/ 
  ohitus
  act

  overtaking /ˌəʊvətˈeɪkɪŋ/
  elhagyás

  
/ˈoʊvɝˌteɪkɪŋ/

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