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View definitions for over-taking

over-taking

verb as in outdistance

verb as in outmaneuver

Strongest matches

verb as in outstrip

verb as in catch

verb as in trump

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Example Sentences

I looked through the crack of the door and she was leaning over taking a puff at Doctor Barnes' cigarette.

If I ask you for them, general, it is not for any need we may have of them, but in the fear of some disaster over taking them.

Her main thought was to climb up the bank and get beyond any possibility of the tide's over-taking her.

Before she had covered a quarter of a mile of the dusty road, Ellen heard the muffled roar of an over-taking motor car.

This is some more of my very own medicine, so I shouldn't make a wry face over taking it.

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On this page you'll find 503 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to over-taking, such as: outclass, outdo, outpace, outperform, beat, and best.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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