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Caught up with
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overtook
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. catch up with and possibly overtake; "The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp" [syn: catch , catch up with ] travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks" [syn: pass , overhaul ] overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli [syn: overwhelm ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Before sleep overtook us, we reflected on our last few days' climbing. ▪ In the reign of Boris Goldgather a great disaster overtook the Empire. ▪ Ollokot overtook them and joined a group of warriors in resisting Captain Benteen's ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Overtake \O`ver*take"\, v. t. [imp. Overtook ; p. p. Overtaken ; p. pr. & vb. n. Overtaking .] To come up with in a race, pursuit, progress, or motion; also, to catch up with and move ahead of. Follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-simple past of: overtake )