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Overtaking

To pass a more slowly moving object or entity.

📖 Definitions of "Overtaking"

verb
  1. 1

    To pass a more slowly moving object or entity.

    "The car was so slow we were overtaken by a bus."

  2. 2

    To become greater than something else

  3. 3

    To occur unexpectedly; take by surprise; surprise and overcome; carry away

    "Our plans were overtaken by events."

noun
  1. 1

    The act by which one thing overtakes another.

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