(~s, overtaking, overtook, ~n)
1.
If you ~ a vehicle or a person that is ahead of you and moving in the same direction, you pass them. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use pass )
When he eventually overtook the last truck he pulled over to the inside lane...
The red car was pulling out ready to ~.
VERB: V n, V
2.
If someone or something ~s a competitor, they become more successful than them.
Sales are booming in Japan, which has ~n Britain as the Mini’s biggest market.
VERB: V n
3.
If an event ~s you, it happens unexpectedly or suddenly.
Tragedy was shortly to ~ him, however.
= befall
VERB: V n
4.
If a feeling ~s you, it affects you very strongly. (LITERARY)
Something like panic overtook me...
= overwhelm
VERB: V n