Overtake and Top

Overtake

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

Top is a synonym for overtake in outdo topic. In some cases you can use "Top" instead a verb "Overtake", when it comes to topics like surpass, dwarf.

Nearby Words: overtaking, overtaken

Top

Top verb - Pass by, over, or under without making contact.

Overtake is a synonym for top in surpass topic. Sometimes you can use "Overtake" instead a verb "Top".

Nearby Words: topping, topmost, toping, toped

Common collocations

recognition overtake recognition top recognition
everyone overtake everyone top everyone

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Wrong Side Of The Tracks: instead of driving alongside the train and let Big Smoke kill the Vagos, you can overtake the train, ride your dirtbike on top of a nearby building using a few ramps and a bridge, then jump on top of the train and use the AK 47 or M4 to kill the Vagos yourself.
  • Nice Job Fixing It, Villain To top it off, as Eggman adapts to the new timeline he says that his new memories will overtake his old ones.
  • Music / Post In Harmony with Nature: "Hyperballad" We live on a mountain, right at the top There's a beautiful view from the top of the mountain Isobel in "Isobel" is born from a spark in a forest and transitions into womanhood while the pebbles of the forest grow into skycrapers and overtake the area.
    Source: Music / Post
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