OVERTAKE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If someone or something overtakes a competitor, they become more successful than them Leeds, who could have overtaken us, lost their last game to Wolves [VERB noun] The coffee chain has overtaken its US rival [VERB noun]
overtake - WordReference. com Dictionary of English o•ver•take ˌoʊvɚˈteɪk v [~ + object], -took, -tak•en, -tak•ing History to come alongside or catch up with and pass: We overtook that slow truck History to befall or happen to (someone) suddenly: Bad luck overtook them o•ver•take (ō′vər tāk′), v , -took, -tak•en, -tak•ing
overtake | meaning of overtake in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary . . . • The environmental and economic implications have far overtaken the engineering • For example, imagine a man is traveling aboard a faster train overtaking the first on a parallel track • The Clippers played better in the second half but couldn't overtake the Rockets and lost by eight points