Vocabulary

overtake

追(お)い越(こ)す

A2 · Elementary Uncommon

Samraworld Dictionary

(1) Verb

to pass by going faster than someone or something

誰(だれ)かや何(なに)かより速(はや)く進(すす)んで追(お)い抜(ぬ)く

Examples

  1. A group of hikers overtook us on the trail.
  2. The faster bus overtook the slower one.

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