Definition of overtake in English:

overtake

verbovertaken, overtook əʊvəˈteɪkˌoʊvərˈteɪk

[with object]

1British Catch up with and pass while travelling in the same direction.
the driver overtook a line of vehicles
no object he overtook in the face of oncoming traffic
Example sentencesExamples
- He told the inquiry he was aware there was a vehicle, a Transit van, behind him which overtook the bus, passing by closely.
- Wait until it is safe to overtake, and then pass wide and slow.
- It is thought a dark-coloured Vauxhall Corsa, travelling south, overtook a line of traffic headed by a container lorry.
- Isn't it just so annoying when one lorry travelling at 60 mph tries to overtake another which is travelling at 58 mph?
- After overtaking some cars the driver had tried to get back on the correct side of the road, but lost control and hit a Rover travelling out of Bradford, the inquest heard.
- The Vauxhall, travelling towards Bath, was overtaking a line of stationary vehicles looking to turn right.
- It is a dark stretch of road and the driver who was overtaken may not have been aware of the accident behind.
- Sights like these become familiar after a few days in Pakistan, although it takes a little longer to get used to drivers overtaking the buses and everything else on blind bends with horns blaring.
- Now, if a daring driver decides to overtake the bus in front, he runs into trouble in uniform.
- She noted the car overtaking her car was travelling at considerable speed and had commented to her husband: ‘God, he's flying.’
- Take along some mint because the fast descent down the mountain might disturb even city folk, especially when the driver pulls out to overtake other cars on the narrow road.
- Express bus drivers who don't overtake other buses, hence stopping unnecessarily at every stop.
- The light overtook them, passed through the car and vanished - and Gill and his friend kept right on driving!
- Police are investigating the apparent road rage incident which is believed to have occurred after the bus overtook a line of stationary vehicles.
- The Focus had stopped when a vehicle, travelling in the opposite direction, overtook another vehicle, which had stopped so the driver could remove an obstruction from the road.
- That's the key to what we have to do, is we have to maintain the ability to pass and overtake.
- A driver attempted to overtake them but couldn't complete the move, and pulled towards their SUV.
- My driver then tries to overtake the truck at the same time.
- The two drivers overtook a number of vehicles along the road and witness statements expressed concerns about the speed of the two sports cars.
- Then the driver of the car overtook the first car and tried to cross.
Synonyms
pass, get past, go past, go by, overhaul, get/pull ahead of, leave behind, outdistance, outstrip
gain on, catch up with, draw level with, go faster than
British undertake
1. 1.1 Become greater or more successful than.
  Germany rapidly overtook Britain in industrial output
  Example sentencesExamples
  They are developing successful, job-creating, renewable energy industries and they have overtaken Australia.
  The seven largest US biotechnology firms have overtaken the pharmaceutical industry's 9.1% rise.
  Last year, asparagus overtook coffee as Peru's top export crop and accounted for roughly a quarter of the country's farm exports.
  Tourism and family remittances have overtaken traditional exports as the country's prime earners.
  And seafood recently overtook other agriculture as an export success story, bolstered by boasts of clean water and fresh air.
  In recent years, low prices have devastated coffee farming in Rwanda, and tea exports have now overtaken coffee.
  Building construction is rapidly overtaking all other developmental activities.
  The bad news is that the consumer PC market is rapidly approaching maturity, with renewals overtaking first-time purchases.
  After all the EU is rapidly overtaking the States as the pre-eminent economic superpower.
  Later that year he presented the Report on Manufactures, an ambitious plan to overtake Britain in industrial output.
  He said the boom in China's economy had helped shipping overtake tourism.
  Nobody in retailing underestimates the power of the card: its success undoubtedly helped Tesco to overtake Sainsbury as Britain's leading grocer.
  But just as the petrol engine overtook the trams and the telephone surpassed the telegraph, it now seems the mobile is set to conquer the landline.
  But although he continued recording, his deep soul style was rapidly overtaken by funk and disco and, later, rap.
  According to US tourism statistics, Britons have now overtaken the Japanese in terms of the numbers flying to New York.
  The team has managed to overtake last year's successes to receive commendation for every entry they submitted this year.
  Today, the fishing industry has overtaken the peanut sector as Senegal's No.1 foreign exchange earner.
  Tourism is doing pretty well in Mauritius, too, and is set to overtake sugar as the country's most important industry.
  While chipping at the landing is still the principal means of comminution, bundling is growing rapidly and could easily overtake roadside chipping within a few years.
  Coffee has overtaken tea as the most popular drink outside the home.
  Synonyms
  outstrip, surpass, overshadow, eclipse, outshine, outclass
  dwarf, put in the shade, put to shame, excel, exceed, transcend, top, cap, trump, beat, better
  informal leave standing, walk away from
  archaic outrival, outvie
2(especially of misfortune) come suddenly or unexpectedly upon.
disaster overtook the town in AD 296
Example sentencesExamples
- Even greater disasters overtook the once mighty empires of Spain and Portugal.
- Anything I say about that now is likely going to be overtaken by events within the next 48 hours.
- In this, time was an indispensable ally: dictators might die, crops fail, disaster overtake an expedition; it all helps, given time.
- With pure madness and natural disasters overtaking the entire planet, how could I believe that the Cayman Islands would remain unscathed?
- Or was it a forecast of the deluge of disaster that has since overtaken the area and the country in the form of cold, heartless crime?
- She is concerned that, unless things change fairly rapidly, a similar fate will overtake her own premises.
- A Shandean fate overtook his body, which was taken by grave-robbers, recognized at an anatomy lecture in Cambridge, and secretly returned to its grave.
- But in many ways the report has been overtaken by events.
- But archaeologists found themselves on the wrong side of history, overtaken by events that they tried hard to forestall.
- The costs were massive and new procedures were often overtaken by events even before they were implemented.
- This is the evil that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all.
- Unfortunately, as happens so often to columnists who monitor current affairs at the global level, events overtake the best of intentions.
- Our April 13 statement has now been overtaken by events.
- If there was an option of delinking from America it was never seriously exercised or was overtaken by events.
- At one point we saw the wreck of a train which was lying on its side with steam still escaping from the boiler, evidence that disaster had overtaken it not very long before.
- The unprecedented economic boom has overtaken the entire infrastructure implemented by the city planners.
- Even such a disaster as had overtaken them at Kup caused no despondency among the Sikhs.
- Whatever disaster overtook life on Earth at the end of the Permian killed off just about all of the temnospondyls in a fairly short space of time.
- They planned to consider the matter again as soon as the report was finalised but were overtaken by events.
- But events soon overtook the project, and the filmmakers end up recording history in the making.
1. 2.1 (of a feeling) affect (someone) suddenly and powerfully.
  weariness overtook him and he retired to bed
  Example sentencesExamples
  When curiosity overtakes me, I scoop the parcel into a glass and prudently cover it with a dinner plate.
  Instead, we see his unvarnished, unpretty tears when anguish overtakes him.
  Angst has overtaken him, he says of his year on tour.
  A heady rush of feelings and pleasures overtook her.
  I was suddenly overtaken by feelings of panic and fear.
  Before he could make sense of the hieroglyphs, a heavy feeling overtook him as his meal worked through his limbs.
  A sudden feeling of loss overtook Peter with surprising speed.
  Whichever feeling overtakes you, it's likely to be associated with change.
  When one of these moods overtook her, she became unmanageable.
  A strange feeling overtook me and I shook my head, trying to clear these betraying thoughts.
  This year a general mood of depression has overtaken people whose lives depend on agriculture.
  I felt my eyes widened, grief overtaking me while anger was slowly creeping up into my feelings.
  Confusion and doubt overtook him, and in his despair he ran up astronomical charges on 1-900 help lines.
  But even before he manages to draw out his weapon, panic overtakes him and he flees to a small tailor shop next door.
  Then his sadness and sorrow overtook him and he fell to his knees again by Rivta's side, crying.
  A feeling of peacefulness overtook her and, for once, she forgot the recent tragedies.
  You don't let frustration overtake you when you're looking for change.
  No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man.
  If I didn't, I feared panic would overtake me so badly that I really had no other choice but to try and go.
  Curiosity overtaking her, she started to move towards the mysterious person and at the two rapid paces, arrived at one another unusually quickly.
  Synonyms
  befall, happen to, come upon, hit, strike, fall on, overwhelm, overpower, overcome, be visited on, engulf, sweep over, take by surprise, surprise, catch unawares, catch unprepared, catch off guard
  literary betide, whelm

Definition of overtake in US English:

overtake

verbˌōvərˈtākˌoʊvərˈteɪk

[with object]

1British Catch up with and pass while traveling in the same direction.
the driver overtook a line of vehicles
Example sentencesExamples
- After overtaking some cars the driver had tried to get back on the correct side of the road, but lost control and hit a Rover travelling out of Bradford, the inquest heard.
- The two drivers overtook a number of vehicles along the road and witness statements expressed concerns about the speed of the two sports cars.
- Sights like these become familiar after a few days in Pakistan, although it takes a little longer to get used to drivers overtaking the buses and everything else on blind bends with horns blaring.
- Wait until it is safe to overtake, and then pass wide and slow.
- The light overtook them, passed through the car and vanished - and Gill and his friend kept right on driving!
- Then the driver of the car overtook the first car and tried to cross.
- That's the key to what we have to do, is we have to maintain the ability to pass and overtake.
- Isn't it just so annoying when one lorry travelling at 60 mph tries to overtake another which is travelling at 58 mph?
- It is a dark stretch of road and the driver who was overtaken may not have been aware of the accident behind.
- He told the inquiry he was aware there was a vehicle, a Transit van, behind him which overtook the bus, passing by closely.
- Now, if a daring driver decides to overtake the bus in front, he runs into trouble in uniform.
- It is thought a dark-coloured Vauxhall Corsa, travelling south, overtook a line of traffic headed by a container lorry.
- Police are investigating the apparent road rage incident which is believed to have occurred after the bus overtook a line of stationary vehicles.
- My driver then tries to overtake the truck at the same time.
- The Focus had stopped when a vehicle, travelling in the opposite direction, overtook another vehicle, which had stopped so the driver could remove an obstruction from the road.
- A driver attempted to overtake them but couldn't complete the move, and pulled towards their SUV.
- Express bus drivers who don't overtake other buses, hence stopping unnecessarily at every stop.
- Take along some mint because the fast descent down the mountain might disturb even city folk, especially when the driver pulls out to overtake other cars on the narrow road.
- The Vauxhall, travelling towards Bath, was overtaking a line of stationary vehicles looking to turn right.
- She noted the car overtaking her car was travelling at considerable speed and had commented to her husband: ‘God, he's flying.’
Synonyms
pass, get past, go past, go by, overhaul, get ahead of, pull ahead of, leave behind, outdistance, outstrip
1. 1.1 Become greater or more successful than.
  Germany rapidly overtook Britain in industrial output
  Example sentencesExamples
  The bad news is that the consumer PC market is rapidly approaching maturity, with renewals overtaking first-time purchases.
  He said the boom in China's economy had helped shipping overtake tourism.
  Coffee has overtaken tea as the most popular drink outside the home.
  Later that year he presented the Report on Manufactures, an ambitious plan to overtake Britain in industrial output.
  Tourism and family remittances have overtaken traditional exports as the country's prime earners.
  But just as the petrol engine overtook the trams and the telephone surpassed the telegraph, it now seems the mobile is set to conquer the landline.
  And seafood recently overtook other agriculture as an export success story, bolstered by boasts of clean water and fresh air.
  Today, the fishing industry has overtaken the peanut sector as Senegal's No.1 foreign exchange earner.
  Tourism is doing pretty well in Mauritius, too, and is set to overtake sugar as the country's most important industry.
  While chipping at the landing is still the principal means of comminution, bundling is growing rapidly and could easily overtake roadside chipping within a few years.
  Last year, asparagus overtook coffee as Peru's top export crop and accounted for roughly a quarter of the country's farm exports.
  Nobody in retailing underestimates the power of the card: its success undoubtedly helped Tesco to overtake Sainsbury as Britain's leading grocer.
  Building construction is rapidly overtaking all other developmental activities.
  In recent years, low prices have devastated coffee farming in Rwanda, and tea exports have now overtaken coffee.
  But although he continued recording, his deep soul style was rapidly overtaken by funk and disco and, later, rap.
  According to US tourism statistics, Britons have now overtaken the Japanese in terms of the numbers flying to New York.
  They are developing successful, job-creating, renewable energy industries and they have overtaken Australia.
  The team has managed to overtake last year's successes to receive commendation for every entry they submitted this year.
  After all the EU is rapidly overtaking the States as the pre-eminent economic superpower.
  The seven largest US biotechnology firms have overtaken the pharmaceutical industry's 9.1% rise.
  Synonyms
  outstrip, surpass, overshadow, eclipse, outshine, outclass
2(especially of misfortune) come suddenly or unexpectedly upon.
the pattern of economic ruin overtook them
Example sentencesExamples
- Even greater disasters overtook the once mighty empires of Spain and Portugal.
- Anything I say about that now is likely going to be overtaken by events within the next 48 hours.
- A Shandean fate overtook his body, which was taken by grave-robbers, recognized at an anatomy lecture in Cambridge, and secretly returned to its grave.
- If there was an option of delinking from America it was never seriously exercised or was overtaken by events.
- But in many ways the report has been overtaken by events.
- Whatever disaster overtook life on Earth at the end of the Permian killed off just about all of the temnospondyls in a fairly short space of time.
- The unprecedented economic boom has overtaken the entire infrastructure implemented by the city planners.
- This is the evil that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all.
- Or was it a forecast of the deluge of disaster that has since overtaken the area and the country in the form of cold, heartless crime?
- Even such a disaster as had overtaken them at Kup caused no despondency among the Sikhs.
- But archaeologists found themselves on the wrong side of history, overtaken by events that they tried hard to forestall.
- She is concerned that, unless things change fairly rapidly, a similar fate will overtake her own premises.
- The costs were massive and new procedures were often overtaken by events even before they were implemented.
- Our April 13 statement has now been overtaken by events.
- With pure madness and natural disasters overtaking the entire planet, how could I believe that the Cayman Islands would remain unscathed?
- But events soon overtook the project, and the filmmakers end up recording history in the making.
- Unfortunately, as happens so often to columnists who monitor current affairs at the global level, events overtake the best of intentions.
- In this, time was an indispensable ally: dictators might die, crops fail, disaster overtake an expedition; it all helps, given time.
- They planned to consider the matter again as soon as the report was finalised but were overtaken by events.
- At one point we saw the wreck of a train which was lying on its side with steam still escaping from the boiler, evidence that disaster had overtaken it not very long before.
1. 2.1 (of a feeling) affect (someone) suddenly and powerfully.
  weariness overtook him and he retired to bed
  Example sentencesExamples
  When curiosity overtakes me, I scoop the parcel into a glass and prudently cover it with a dinner plate.
  Instead, we see his unvarnished, unpretty tears when anguish overtakes him.
  A strange feeling overtook me and I shook my head, trying to clear these betraying thoughts.
  Before he could make sense of the hieroglyphs, a heavy feeling overtook him as his meal worked through his limbs.
  Then his sadness and sorrow overtook him and he fell to his knees again by Rivta's side, crying.
  You don't let frustration overtake you when you're looking for change.
  A heady rush of feelings and pleasures overtook her.
  Angst has overtaken him, he says of his year on tour.
  Whichever feeling overtakes you, it's likely to be associated with change.
  I felt my eyes widened, grief overtaking me while anger was slowly creeping up into my feelings.
  This year a general mood of depression has overtaken people whose lives depend on agriculture.
  No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man.
  I was suddenly overtaken by feelings of panic and fear.
  Curiosity overtaking her, she started to move towards the mysterious person and at the two rapid paces, arrived at one another unusually quickly.
  If I didn't, I feared panic would overtake me so badly that I really had no other choice but to try and go.
  A feeling of peacefulness overtook her and, for once, she forgot the recent tragedies.
  A sudden feeling of loss overtook Peter with surprising speed.
  But even before he manages to draw out his weapon, panic overtakes him and he flees to a small tailor shop next door.
  When one of these moods overtook her, she became unmanageable.
  Confusion and doubt overtook him, and in his despair he ran up astronomical charges on 1-900 help lines.
  Synonyms
  befall, happen to, come upon, hit, strike, fall on, overwhelm, overpower, overcome, be visited on, engulf, sweep over, take by surprise, surprise, catch unawares, catch unprepared, catch off guard

单词	overtake
释义	Definition of overtake in English: overtake verbovertaken, overtook əʊvəˈteɪkˌoʊvərˈteɪk [with object] 1British Catch up with and pass while travelling in the same direction. the driver overtook a line of vehicles no object he overtook in the face of oncoming traffic Example sentencesExamples He told the inquiry he was aware there was a vehicle, a Transit van, behind him which overtook the bus, passing by closely. Wait until it is safe to overtake, and then pass wide and slow. It is thought a dark-coloured Vauxhall Corsa, travelling south, overtook a line of traffic headed by a container lorry. Isn't it just so annoying when one lorry travelling at 60 mph tries to overtake another which is travelling at 58 mph? After overtaking some cars the driver had tried to get back on the correct side of the road, but lost control and hit a Rover travelling out of Bradford, the inquest heard. The Vauxhall, travelling towards Bath, was overtaking a line of stationary vehicles looking to turn right. It is a dark stretch of road and the driver who was overtaken may not have been aware of the accident behind. Sights like these become familiar after a few days in Pakistan, although it takes a little longer to get used to drivers overtaking the buses and everything else on blind bends with horns blaring. Now, if a daring driver decides to overtake the bus in front, he runs into trouble in uniform. She noted the car overtaking her car was travelling at considerable speed and had commented to her husband: ‘God, he's flying.’ Take along some mint because the fast descent down the mountain might disturb even city folk, especially when the driver pulls out to overtake other cars on the narrow road. Express bus drivers who don't overtake other buses, hence stopping unnecessarily at every stop. The light overtook them, passed through the car and vanished - and Gill and his friend kept right on driving! Police are investigating the apparent road rage incident which is believed to have occurred after the bus overtook a line of stationary vehicles. The Focus had stopped when a vehicle, travelling in the opposite direction, overtook another vehicle, which had stopped so the driver could remove an obstruction from the road. That's the key to what we have to do, is we have to maintain the ability to pass and overtake. A driver attempted to overtake them but couldn't complete the move, and pulled towards their SUV. My driver then tries to overtake the truck at the same time. The two drivers overtook a number of vehicles along the road and witness statements expressed concerns about the speed of the two sports cars. Then the driver of the car overtook the first car and tried to cross. Synonyms pass, get past, go past, go by, overhaul, get/pull ahead of, leave behind, outdistance, outstrip gain on, catch up with, draw level with, go faster than British undertake 1.1 Become greater or more successful than. Germany rapidly overtook Britain in industrial output Example sentencesExamples They are developing successful, job-creating, renewable energy industries and they have overtaken Australia. The seven largest US biotechnology firms have overtaken the pharmaceutical industry's 9.1% rise. Last year, asparagus overtook coffee as Peru's top export crop and accounted for roughly a quarter of the country's farm exports. Tourism and family remittances have overtaken traditional exports as the country's prime earners. And seafood recently overtook other agriculture as an export success story, bolstered by boasts of clean water and fresh air. In recent years, low prices have devastated coffee farming in Rwanda, and tea exports have now overtaken coffee. Building construction is rapidly overtaking all other developmental activities. The bad news is that the consumer PC market is rapidly approaching maturity, with renewals overtaking first-time purchases. After all the EU is rapidly overtaking the States as the pre-eminent economic superpower. Later that year he presented the Report on Manufactures, an ambitious plan to overtake Britain in industrial output. He said the boom in China's economy had helped shipping overtake tourism. Nobody in retailing underestimates the power of the card: its success undoubtedly helped Tesco to overtake Sainsbury as Britain's leading grocer. But just as the petrol engine overtook the trams and the telephone surpassed the telegraph, it now seems the mobile is set to conquer the landline. But although he continued recording, his deep soul style was rapidly overtaken by funk and disco and, later, rap. According to US tourism statistics, Britons have now overtaken the Japanese in terms of the numbers flying to New York. The team has managed to overtake last year's successes to receive commendation for every entry they submitted this year. Today, the fishing industry has overtaken the peanut sector as Senegal's No.1 foreign exchange earner. Tourism is doing pretty well in Mauritius, too, and is set to overtake sugar as the country's most important industry. While chipping at the landing is still the principal means of comminution, bundling is growing rapidly and could easily overtake roadside chipping within a few years. Coffee has overtaken tea as the most popular drink outside the home. Synonyms outstrip, surpass, overshadow, eclipse, outshine, outclass dwarf, put in the shade, put to shame, excel, exceed, transcend, top, cap, trump, beat, better informal leave standing, walk away from archaic outrival, outvie 2(especially of misfortune) come suddenly or unexpectedly upon. disaster overtook the town in AD 296 Example sentencesExamples Even greater disasters overtook the once mighty empires of Spain and Portugal. Anything I say about that now is likely going to be overtaken by events within the next 48 hours. In this, time was an indispensable ally: dictators might die, crops fail, disaster overtake an expedition; it all helps, given time. With pure madness and natural disasters overtaking the entire planet, how could I believe that the Cayman Islands would remain unscathed? Or was it a forecast of the deluge of disaster that has since overtaken the area and the country in the form of cold, heartless crime? She is concerned that, unless things change fairly rapidly, a similar fate will overtake her own premises. A Shandean fate overtook his body, which was taken by grave-robbers, recognized at an anatomy lecture in Cambridge, and secretly returned to its grave. But in many ways the report has been overtaken by events. But archaeologists found themselves on the wrong side of history, overtaken by events that they tried hard to forestall. The costs were massive and new procedures were often overtaken by events even before they were implemented. This is the evil that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all. Unfortunately, as happens so often to columnists who monitor current affairs at the global level, events overtake the best of intentions. Our April 13 statement has now been overtaken by events. If there was an option of delinking from America it was never seriously exercised or was overtaken by events. At one point we saw the wreck of a train which was lying on its side with steam still escaping from the boiler, evidence that disaster had overtaken it not very long before. The unprecedented economic boom has overtaken the entire infrastructure implemented by the city planners. Even such a disaster as had overtaken them at Kup caused no despondency among the Sikhs. Whatever disaster overtook life on Earth at the end of the Permian killed off just about all of the temnospondyls in a fairly short space of time. They planned to consider the matter again as soon as the report was finalised but were overtaken by events. But events soon overtook the project, and the filmmakers end up recording history in the making. 2.1 (of a feeling) affect (someone) suddenly and powerfully. weariness overtook him and he retired to bed Example sentencesExamples When curiosity overtakes me, I scoop the parcel into a glass and prudently cover it with a dinner plate. Instead, we see his unvarnished, unpretty tears when anguish overtakes him. Angst has overtaken him, he says of his year on tour. A heady rush of feelings and pleasures overtook her. I was suddenly overtaken by feelings of panic and fear. Before he could make sense of the hieroglyphs, a heavy feeling overtook him as his meal worked through his limbs. A sudden feeling of loss overtook Peter with surprising speed. Whichever feeling overtakes you, it's likely to be associated with change. When one of these moods overtook her, she became unmanageable. A strange feeling overtook me and I shook my head, trying to clear these betraying thoughts. This year a general mood of depression has overtaken people whose lives depend on agriculture. I felt my eyes widened, grief overtaking me while anger was slowly creeping up into my feelings. Confusion and doubt overtook him, and in his despair he ran up astronomical charges on 1-900 help lines. But even before he manages to draw out his weapon, panic overtakes him and he flees to a small tailor shop next door. Then his sadness and sorrow overtook him and he fell to his knees again by Rivta's side, crying. A feeling of peacefulness overtook her and, for once, she forgot the recent tragedies. You don't let frustration overtake you when you're looking for change. No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. If I didn't, I feared panic would overtake me so badly that I really had no other choice but to try and go. Curiosity overtaking her, she started to move towards the mysterious person and at the two rapid paces, arrived at one another unusually quickly. Synonyms befall, happen to, come upon, hit, strike, fall on, overwhelm, overpower, overcome, be visited on, engulf, sweep over, take by surprise, surprise, catch unawares, catch unprepared, catch off guard literary betide, whelm Definition of overtake in US English: overtake verbˌōvərˈtākˌoʊvərˈteɪk [with object] 1British Catch up with and pass while traveling in the same direction. the driver overtook a line of vehicles Example sentencesExamples After overtaking some cars the driver had tried to get back on the correct side of the road, but lost control and hit a Rover travelling out of Bradford, the inquest heard. The two drivers overtook a number of vehicles along the road and witness statements expressed concerns about the speed of the two sports cars. Sights like these become familiar after a few days in Pakistan, although it takes a little longer to get used to drivers overtaking the buses and everything else on blind bends with horns blaring. Wait until it is safe to overtake, and then pass wide and slow. The light overtook them, passed through the car and vanished - and Gill and his friend kept right on driving! Then the driver of the car overtook the first car and tried to cross. That's the key to what we have to do, is we have to maintain the ability to pass and overtake. Isn't it just so annoying when one lorry travelling at 60 mph tries to overtake another which is travelling at 58 mph? It is a dark stretch of road and the driver who was overtaken may not have been aware of the accident behind. He told the inquiry he was aware there was a vehicle, a Transit van, behind him which overtook the bus, passing by closely. Now, if a daring driver decides to overtake the bus in front, he runs into trouble in uniform. It is thought a dark-coloured Vauxhall Corsa, travelling south, overtook a line of traffic headed by a container lorry. Police are investigating the apparent road rage incident which is believed to have occurred after the bus overtook a line of stationary vehicles. My driver then tries to overtake the truck at the same time. The Focus had stopped when a vehicle, travelling in the opposite direction, overtook another vehicle, which had stopped so the driver could remove an obstruction from the road. A driver attempted to overtake them but couldn't complete the move, and pulled towards their SUV. Express bus drivers who don't overtake other buses, hence stopping unnecessarily at every stop. Take along some mint because the fast descent down the mountain might disturb even city folk, especially when the driver pulls out to overtake other cars on the narrow road. The Vauxhall, travelling towards Bath, was overtaking a line of stationary vehicles looking to turn right. She noted the car overtaking her car was travelling at considerable speed and had commented to her husband: ‘God, he's flying.’ Synonyms pass, get past, go past, go by, overhaul, get ahead of, pull ahead of, leave behind, outdistance, outstrip 1.1 Become greater or more successful than. Germany rapidly overtook Britain in industrial output Example sentencesExamples The bad news is that the consumer PC market is rapidly approaching maturity, with renewals overtaking first-time purchases. He said the boom in China's economy had helped shipping overtake tourism. Coffee has overtaken tea as the most popular drink outside the home. Later that year he presented the Report on Manufactures, an ambitious plan to overtake Britain in industrial output. Tourism and family remittances have overtaken traditional exports as the country's prime earners. But just as the petrol engine overtook the trams and the telephone surpassed the telegraph, it now seems the mobile is set to conquer the landline. And seafood recently overtook other agriculture as an export success story, bolstered by boasts of clean water and fresh air. Today, the fishing industry has overtaken the peanut sector as Senegal's No.1 foreign exchange earner. Tourism is doing pretty well in Mauritius, too, and is set to overtake sugar as the country's most important industry. While chipping at the landing is still the principal means of comminution, bundling is growing rapidly and could easily overtake roadside chipping within a few years. Last year, asparagus overtook coffee as Peru's top export crop and accounted for roughly a quarter of the country's farm exports. Nobody in retailing underestimates the power of the card: its success undoubtedly helped Tesco to overtake Sainsbury as Britain's leading grocer. Building construction is rapidly overtaking all other developmental activities. In recent years, low prices have devastated coffee farming in Rwanda, and tea exports have now overtaken coffee. But although he continued recording, his deep soul style was rapidly overtaken by funk and disco and, later, rap. According to US tourism statistics, Britons have now overtaken the Japanese in terms of the numbers flying to New York. They are developing successful, job-creating, renewable energy industries and they have overtaken Australia. The team has managed to overtake last year's successes to receive commendation for every entry they submitted this year. After all the EU is rapidly overtaking the States as the pre-eminent economic superpower. The seven largest US biotechnology firms have overtaken the pharmaceutical industry's 9.1% rise. Synonyms outstrip, surpass, overshadow, eclipse, outshine, outclass 2(especially of misfortune) come suddenly or unexpectedly upon. the pattern of economic ruin overtook them Example sentencesExamples Even greater disasters overtook the once mighty empires of Spain and Portugal. Anything I say about that now is likely going to be overtaken by events within the next 48 hours. A Shandean fate overtook his body, which was taken by grave-robbers, recognized at an anatomy lecture in Cambridge, and secretly returned to its grave. If there was an option of delinking from America it was never seriously exercised or was overtaken by events. But in many ways the report has been overtaken by events. Whatever disaster overtook life on Earth at the end of the Permian killed off just about all of the temnospondyls in a fairly short space of time. The unprecedented economic boom has overtaken the entire infrastructure implemented by the city planners. This is the evil that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all. Or was it a forecast of the deluge of disaster that has since overtaken the area and the country in the form of cold, heartless crime? Even such a disaster as had overtaken them at Kup caused no despondency among the Sikhs. But archaeologists found themselves on the wrong side of history, overtaken by events that they tried hard to forestall. She is concerned that, unless things change fairly rapidly, a similar fate will overtake her own premises. The costs were massive and new procedures were often overtaken by events even before they were implemented. Our April 13 statement has now been overtaken by events. With pure madness and natural disasters overtaking the entire planet, how could I believe that the Cayman Islands would remain unscathed? But events soon overtook the project, and the filmmakers end up recording history in the making. Unfortunately, as happens so often to columnists who monitor current affairs at the global level, events overtake the best of intentions. In this, time was an indispensable ally: dictators might die, crops fail, disaster overtake an expedition; it all helps, given time. They planned to consider the matter again as soon as the report was finalised but were overtaken by events. At one point we saw the wreck of a train which was lying on its side with steam still escaping from the boiler, evidence that disaster had overtaken it not very long before. 2.1 (of a feeling) affect (someone) suddenly and powerfully. weariness overtook him and he retired to bed Example sentencesExamples When curiosity overtakes me, I scoop the parcel into a glass and prudently cover it with a dinner plate. Instead, we see his unvarnished, unpretty tears when anguish overtakes him. A strange feeling overtook me and I shook my head, trying to clear these betraying thoughts. Before he could make sense of the hieroglyphs, a heavy feeling overtook him as his meal worked through his limbs. Then his sadness and sorrow overtook him and he fell to his knees again by Rivta's side, crying. You don't let frustration overtake you when you're looking for change. A heady rush of feelings and pleasures overtook her. Angst has overtaken him, he says of his year on tour. Whichever feeling overtakes you, it's likely to be associated with change. I felt my eyes widened, grief overtaking me while anger was slowly creeping up into my feelings. This year a general mood of depression has overtaken people whose lives depend on agriculture. No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. I was suddenly overtaken by feelings of panic and fear. Curiosity overtaking her, she started to move towards the mysterious person and at the two rapid paces, arrived at one another unusually quickly. If I didn't, I feared panic would overtake me so badly that I really had no other choice but to try and go. A feeling of peacefulness overtook her and, for once, she forgot the recent tragedies. A sudden feeling of loss overtook Peter with surprising speed. But even before he manages to draw out his weapon, panic overtakes him and he flees to a small tailor shop next door. When one of these moods overtook her, she became unmanageable. Confusion and doubt overtook him, and in his despair he ran up astronomical charges on 1-900 help lines. Synonyms befall, happen to, come upon, hit, strike, fall on, overwhelm, overpower, overcome, be visited on, engulf, sweep over, take by surprise, surprise, catch unawares, catch unprepared, catch off guard
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