Overtake
To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with.
To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to capture; to overcome.
Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken), drunken.
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Overtake Quotations
Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.
Og Mandino
Justice will overtake fabricators of lies and false witnesses.
Heraclitus
The remedy for thirst? It is the opposite of the one for a dog bite: run always after a dog, he'll never bite you; drink always before thirst, and it will never overtake you.
Francois Rabelais
Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense.
Julian Casablancas
Overtake Translations
overtake in Afrikaans is verbysteek, verbygaan
overtake in Dutch is inhalen
overtake in French is distancons, doubler, rejoindre, distancent
overtake in Italian is sorpassare, a prendere
overtake in Latin is adipiscor
overtake in Portuguese is alcance
overtake in Spanish is adelantar, alcanzar, dar alcance
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