v. 1 catch up with and possibly pass; 2 travel past; 3 overcome as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
The rat was overtaken by the cat.
The rat was overtaken by the cat.
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What group had overtaken the school?
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catch; pass; overcome; leave behind
fall behind
4 syllables
o-ver-tak-en
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