OVERTAKE Synonyms: 10 Similar and Opposite Words

overtake

verb

ˌō-vər-ˈtāk

as in to catch

to move fast enough to get even with she had to hurry to overtake her friends, who had forgotten their umbrellas the thunderstorm overtook them suddenly

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

fall short

Examples of overtake in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web For example, Vice President Kamala Harris was in the lead last weekend on PredictIt, then was tied by Wednesday, and was overtaken by Trump the following day. —

Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2024 One of the latest squatter stories out of California was reported by Fox News Digital in September, after two Hollywood Hills mansions were overtaken. —

Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 12 Oct. 2024 Paramount Plus overtook the service in market share last quarter according to the JustWatch streaming guide, and market research firm Antenna reports that Apple TV Plus has some of the highest subscription cancellation rates among streaming providers. —

Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 10 Oct. 2024 But this progress has been overtaken by accelerating warming. —

Joan Meiners, The Arizona Republic, 16 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for overtake

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