overtook
Verb
The word is derived from overtake
Meaning
of Overtake
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
Phrases with the word
Examples
A curious horror overtook him, then. His skin crawled; the back of his neck turned damp and cold. I can't go yet, he thought. It's not fair! He shuddered. The void seemed to speak to him. Fairness has nothing to do with it. This will happen, and your wishes are meaningless.
Thus, after pursuing those images, I overtook them. Now I know that I invented them. But inventing is a creation, not a lie.
His last thought, as sleep overtook him, was that it was true what Cosimo had said: the universe was far stranger than anyone imagined, or could imagine.
My poor health was matched, as it often is when one is sick, by my poor mood. A deep melancholy often overtook me, and at times I asked myself whether life was worth the trouble of living.
Caesar overtook his advanced guard at the river Rubicon, which formed the frontier between Gaul and Italy. Well aware how critical a decision confronted him, he turned to his staff, remarking: "We may still draw back but, once across that little bridge, we shall have to fight it out."
After passing Vettel, Leclerc hunted down Perez and overtook the Mexican before a lock-up with three corners to go sent him wide as Perez and Vettel slipped past.