"overtake" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

overtake verbo

overtake + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 6
overtake Brazil • overtake one's record • overtake Japan • overtake China • overtake Britain • ...
overtake + preposición
Kolokacji: 10
overtake in • overtake with • overtake on • overtake at • overtaken by • ...
overtake + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 10
quickly overtake • eventually overtake • finally overtake • rapidly overtake • easily overtake • ...
  • "At the tasting I was completely overtaken by the wines and fell in love with them," he said.
  • It is an aggressive invader and, once present, can completely overtake large areas of open land.
  • They prevent the foolishness of our social interactions from completely overtaking us.
  • The desire to have a child was so strong, the ballerinas said, that it completely overtook career considerations.
  • In it the scholasticism completely overtakes the traditional lyrical treatment of its subject.
  • The Web has not yet been completely overtaken by the new crop of audio dramatists.
  • And even if she did overtake completely, forcing the freighter to heave-to would be far from easy.
  • The darkness had completely overtaken the room now.
  • In recent years the station remains have been completely overtaken by the forest growth and are in a state of terminal decomposition.
  • Wildfield remains the only community to maintain its unique identity while the rest have been completely overtaken by suburban developments.
5. slowly overtake = wolno wyprzedź slowly overtake
6. swiftly overtake = prędko wyprzedź swiftly overtake
(2) eventually, finally
Kolokacji: 2
(3) gradually, suddenly
Kolokacji: 2

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