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OVERTAKING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
Example:
she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me
Synonyms:
overtaking; passing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("overtaking" is a kind of...):
reordering (a rearrangement in a different order)
Derivation:
overtake (catch up with and possibly overtake)
overtake (travel past)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb overtake
