"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 • ...
(2) eventually, finally
Kolokacji: 2
  • It was not until he turned 42 that the illness finally overtook him.
  • The question still hung between them as sleep finally overtook Kira.
  • It was a blessing when the Hodgkin's finally overtook him and he died at age 47.
  • If his heart didn't totally agree, it was content to hold the notion close until exhaustion finally overtook him.
  • He kept repeating the words to himself until the darkness of hypoxia finally overtook him.
  • But guilt and shame finally overtook her, and she went one morning.
  • The Canadiens finally overtook them and clinched first place with only 3 games to play.
  • Hamilton finally overtook Webber on lap 40 when he pitted.
  • Shelby, driving furiously to catch up, finally overtook Gurney late in the race and won.
  • The copilot finally overtook the hammer and managed to snag it by the head.
(3) gradually, suddenly
Kolokacji: 2

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