Overcome
Overcome verb - To achieve a victory over.
Take off and overcome are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Take off" instead a verb "Overcome".
Nearby Word: overcoming
Take off
Take off verb - To leave a place often for another.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- SNK Boss: Sett Ra from Shaq Fu, who was not only able to take off about a quarter of Rawr's health with each hit and only took half as much damage as the rest of the opponents did, but also managed to overcome the A.I.
Source: Lets Play / Rawrzaur -
Pterosaurs evolved to be much larger, but then anything bigger than a Quetzalcoatlus (wingspan about 10m) is running up against the Square/Cube Law — it gets really difficult to take off, since the wings become too heavy to overcome their own weight, let alone the rest of the body.
Source: Giant Flyer
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