overtake
ਘੇਰੇਗਾ
definition
verb
the driver overtook a line of vehicles
catch up with and pass while traveling in the same direction.
the pattern of economic ruin overtook them
(especially of misfortune) come suddenly or unexpectedly upon.
example
In this, time was an indispensable ally: dictators might die, crops fail, disaster 'overtake' an expedition; it all helps, given time.
Nobody in retailing underestimates the power of the card: its success undoubtedly helped Tesco to 'overtake' Sainsbury as Britain's leading grocer.
Unfortunately, as happens so often to columnists who monitor current affairs at the global level, events 'overtake' the best of intentions.
While chipping at the landing is still the principal means of comminution, bundling is growing rapidly and could easily 'overtake' roadside chipping within a few years.
Later that year he presented the Report on Manufactures, an ambitious plan to 'overtake' Britain in industrial output.
You don't let frustration 'overtake' you when you're looking for change.
My driver then tries to 'overtake' the truck at the same time.
Take along some mint because the fast descent down the mountain might disturb even city folk, especially when the driver pulls out to 'overtake' other cars on the narrow road.
She is concerned that, unless things change fairly rapidly, a similar fate will 'overtake' her own premises.
If I didn't, I feared panic would 'overtake' me so badly that I really had no other choice but to try and go.
Wait until it is safe to 'overtake' , and then pass wide and slow.
Tourism is doing pretty well in Mauritius, too, and is set to 'overtake' sugar as the country's most important industry.
Express bus drivers who don't 'overtake' other buses, hence stopping unnecessarily at every stop.
He said the boom in China's economy had helped shipping 'overtake' tourism.
That's the key to what we have to do, is we have to maintain the ability to pass and 'overtake' .
The team has managed to 'overtake' last year's successes to receive commendation for every entry they submitted this year.
Now, if a daring driver decides to 'overtake' the bus in front, he runs into trouble in uniform.
Isn't it just so annoying when one lorry travelling at 60 mph tries to 'overtake' another which is travelling at 58 mph?
A driver attempted to 'overtake' them but couldn't complete the move, and pulled towards their SUV.
But events soon 'overtook' the project, and the filmmakers end up recording history in the making.
The two drivers 'overtook' a number of vehicles along the road and witness statements expressed concerns about the speed of the two sports cars.
The costs were massive and new procedures were often 'overtaken' by events even before they were implemented.
The unprecedented economic boom has 'overtaken' the entire infrastructure implemented by the city planners.
Before he could make sense of the hieroglyphs, a heavy feeling 'overtook' him as his meal worked through his limbs.
According to US tourism statistics, Britons have now 'overtaken' the Japanese in terms of the numbers flying to New York.
At one point we saw the wreck of a train which was lying on its side with steam still escaping from the boiler, evidence that disaster had 'overtaken' it not very long before.
They are developing successful, job-creating, renewable energy industries and they have 'overtaken' Australia.
If there was an option of delinking from America it was never seriously exercised or was 'overtaken' by events.
Instead, we see his unvarnished, unpretty tears when anguish 'overtakes' him.
But although he continued recording, his deep soul style was rapidly 'overtaken' by funk and disco and, later, rap.
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