Synonyms for overtook

Grammar : Verb

Spell : oh-ver-too k

Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈtʊk

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Définition 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

Example sentences :

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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