Overtake and Race

Overtake

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

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

Nearby Words: overtaking, overtaken

Race verb - To proceed or move quickly.

Usage example: was racing around trying to get everything done before her big trip to India

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Overtake and race are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Overtake" instead a verb "Race".

Nearby Words: raced, racing, racist, racism, racer

sense	overtake sense	race sense
train	overtake train	race train
speed	overtake speed	race speed
lead	overtake lead	race lead
Other words: magic, faces, heroes.

They are actually in a race to overtake the Millennium Boat, a Chinese craft sent to the same destination a little earlier with only two crewmembers.

Source: Interplanetary Voyage
Enfant Terrible: Michael Jackson, who is, according to the show, actually a half-alien who intends for his race to overtake the planet.

Source: Western Animation / Black Dynamite
Harry tells him that during that stop they put perfectly matched and balanced tires on his race car and that it will help him overtake the leader.

Source: Magic Feather

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