"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 • ...
  • They easily overtook her, and once again she was a captive.
  • Then by now it must have easily overtaken the optimum.
  • Will's old cohorts urge him to return for good, saying that Turner could be overtaken easily.
  • He could easily overtake the man who had eluded his master's clutches.
  • They wouldn't try to start away again, for they knew the speedboat could easily overtake them.
  • With many oars apiece, they could easily overtake him on the water if he tried to flee.
  • I knew that you and I could easily overtake a laden safari.
  • They would be after him within seconds and would easily overtake him in those cars.
  • Once his troops forced their way into the city, they easily overtook the garrison, and quickly captured the city.
  • At first, the plane easily overtakes the dogs.
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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