overtake
verb (used with object)
to catch up with in traveling or pursuit; draw even with.
overtook
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past tense formof overtake.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
Example Sentences
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Max Muncy overtook Ron Cey for second place on the team’s career home run list.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Last term, when there were both more cases and more referrals to the full court, the appeals to the shadow docket finally overtook those to the merits docket.
From Salon ● Jul. 3, 2026
Michael also overtook Oppenheimer despite Noan's film benefitting from the viral "Barbenheimer" phenomenon in the summer of 2023.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026
On Monday, it briefly overtook rival Samsung Electronics as South Korea's most valuable listed company by market capitalization.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
He coughed and a spasm overtook his body.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
