Earn and Overtake

Earn

Earn verb - To receive as return for effort.

Overtake and earn are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Overtake" instead a verb "Earn".

Nearby Words: earned, earning, earner

Overtake

Overtake verb - To move fast enough to get even with.
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Synonyms for Overtake

Earn and overtake are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Earn" instead a verb "Overtake".

Nearby Words: overtaking, overtaken

Common collocations

ability earn ability overtake ability
life earn life overtake life
score earn score overtake score

Both words in one sentence

  • Golden Snitch The more they've got so far, the more points they can earn, but if they mess up the leading team can finish with fewer points than they started with, allowing the trailing team to overtake them.
    Source: Golden Snitch
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