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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : oh-ver-too k |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈtʊk |
Definition of overtook
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
- He had started on the return journey, and was only a mile from Yuin when we overtook him.
- Extract from : « Explorations in Australia » by John Forrest
- Then he galloped down the trail, and overtook her at the Point o' Rocks.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- A conviction that it was Charles Channing who was drowned, overtook them all.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- He sprang to his feet, bolted out, and overtook her at once.
- Extract from : « Salted With Fire » by George MacDonald
- Mukhorty overtook them, and struck his hoofs against the back of the sledge in front of them.
- Extract from : « Master and Man » by Leo Tolstoy
- They overtook it, and passed through the gateway with the little procession.
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- By an impulse which he could not resist he followed her, overtook her, and looked into her face.
- Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
- He overtook the lawyer just as the latter reached the side door.
- Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- She overtook the Marquis as he was in the act of stepping his carriage.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- Wyndham overtook them as they turned down to the river by St. Thomas's Hospital.
- Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair
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