Antonyms for overtake

Grammar : Verb

Spell : oh-ver-teyk

Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈteɪk

Definition of overtake

Origin : "to come up to, to catch in pursuit," early 13c., from over- + take (v.). According to OED, originally "the running down and catching of a fugitive or beast of chase"; it finds the sense of over- in this word "not so clear." Related: Overtaken; overtaking. Old English had oferniman "to take away, carry off, seize, ravish."

verb catch; pass

Example sentences :

The people with the cart could not overtake me, and I returned.
Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell

If he walked fast he might yet overtake his friends ere they reached their destination.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

No horse that the stragglers have stolen can overtake Gypsy.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

I thought you'd get wool-gathering over some weed or another, and maybe I'd overtake you.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

Judgment might overtake them there, as it might at home, in house or field.
Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

If I wanted such a fate to overtake him I should only have to let him alone.
Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable

We had to stop several times and wait for Duncan to overtake us with his boat.
Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace

“Perhaps by hurrying I may be able to overtake Dick,” was his thought.
Extract from : « The Dare Boys of 1776 » by Stephen Angus Cox

Please direct me how to go in order to overtake him, General Putnam.
Extract from : « The Dare Boys of 1776 » by Stephen Angus Cox

Nor was it difficult to overtake him, for he was going a foot-pace.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

Synonyms for overtake

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