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overtake

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Verb

  1. To pass a slower moving object or entity (on the side closest to oncoming traffic).
  2. To become greater than something else in quantity, worth, etc.
  3. To take by surprise; surprise and overcome; carry away.

Noun

  1. An act of overtaking; an overtaking maneuver.

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