o|ver|take

o|ver|take
o|ver|take «OH vuhr TAYK», verb, -took, -tak|en, -tak|ing.
–v.t.
1. to come up with; catch up to: »

The blue car overtook ours.

2. to catch up with and pass: »

They soon overtook us and were at the picnic grounds before we arrived.

3. to come upon suddenly or unexpectedly: »

A storm overtook the children. Fearful was the fate that…overtook some of the members of that party (Francis Parkman).

 SYNONYM(S): surprise.
4. Scottish. to get through when pressed for time, or within the time: »

It's a job you could doubtless overtake with the other (Robert Louis Stevenson).

5. Dialect. to overcome the mind or senses of; intoxicate: »

I don't appear to carry drink the way I used to…I get overtaken (Robert Louis Stevenson).

–v.i.
British. to pass a motor vehicle: »

At peak hour in English cities English drivers mount the pavement, overtake on the wrong side, and weave in and out like lunatic drivers in a ballet (Listener).


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