"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 • ...
  • Other news quickly overtook the dramatic rescue of 68 people.
  • It sped up and quickly overtook him, blocking his way.
  • The heavier ones took a bit longer to get up to speed, but they quickly overtook and passed their little siblings.
  • The product quickly overtook the soft drink Tab in sales.
  • Death was quickly overtaking her, and I was grateful she wouldn't need a second shot.
  • But good news is generally overtaken quickly by bad news, and today was no exception.
  • Those British who had not escaped were quickly overtaken.
  • Thus far they had eluded human pursuit, but the storm was quickly overtaking them.
  • Silence quickly overtook him as memory tried just to keep pace with the tumbling images.
  • These men felt that a true fighter had to be fast enough to quickly overtake and shoot down enemy planes.
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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