overtake
verb (used with object)
to catch up with in traveling or pursuit; draw even with.
has been overtaking
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present perfect progressiveof overtake (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Throughout the last eighteen hundred years a destruction like to that which befell the cities of Herculaneum and Pompeii has been overtaking hamlets and buildings of less note.
From Naples Past and Present by Norway, Arthur H.
