overtop
verb (used with object)
to rise over or above the top of.
will overtop
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future tenseof overtop.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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If the forecast stands, at least some water will overtop the levees along the banks of the river.
From Slate ● Jul. 10, 2019
"But however high our defences are, there is always the chance that there will be a storm that will overtop them."
From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2013
They range from six feet two inches to six feet five, and I know that both my sons, when they stretch their full height, will overtop me.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
This is a sad Reception from a Conquest, And puts an awful Gloom upon our Joy; I fear his Grief will overtop his Reason; A Lover weeps with more than common Pain.
From Ponteach The Savages of America by Montrose Jonas Moses
When this approaches the wall it will overtop it, and a drawbridge with grappling irons may be dropped upon the parapet.
From Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul by T. G. (Thomas George) Tucker
