overtook

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(o-ver-took) 3 syllables

Definition

verb. to catch up with someone or something and pass it.

Example Sentence

She overtook me and won the race.

More Example Sentences

The car overtook us on the highway.

Synonyms

passed; surpassed; outpaced

Antonyms

fell behind; lost; slowed down

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Rhymes

  • book
  • brook
  • brooke
  • cook
  • cooke
  • crook
  • crooke
  • flook
  • gook
  • hook
  • hooke
  • look
  • mook
  • nook
  • rook
  • rooke
  • schnook
  • schook
  • shook
  • snook
  • stroock
  • took
  • tooke
  • zook

  • chinook
  • decook
  • forsook
  • kirkuk
  • mccook
  • mistook
  • precook
  • rebook
  • retook
  • unbook
  • unhook
  • vanhook

  • overcook
  • overtook
  • undercook
  • undertook

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