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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
overtake/əʊvəˈteɪk/

▶verb (past overtook; past part. overtaken)

1 chiefly Brit. catch up with and pass while travelling in the same direction.

2 become greater or more successful than.

3 come suddenly or unexpectedly upon: the report was overtaken by events.

'overtake' also found in these Oxford entries:

bump - carve - cut - lap - leapfrog - outstrip - overhaul - pursuit - row - slipstream

Forum discussions with the word(s) "overtake" in the title:

for me to overtake him
outpace vs overtake
Overtake / Overtook
pass / overtake / get past
Surpass Vs Overtake???
you must not overtake on\to the left

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