overtake

v. catch up to; pass; surpass; come upon suddenly, attack suddenly

Verb
1. catch up with and possibly overtake; "The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp"
(synonym) catch, catch up with
(entail) compete, vie, contend
(verb-group) catch
(derivation) passing, overtaking
2. travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks"
(synonym) pass, overhaul
(hypernym) advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
(hyponym) get by
(derivation) passing, overtaking
3. overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
(synonym) overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome
(hypernym) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
(hyponym) devastate

(v. t.)
To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to capture; to overcome.
  

(v. t.)
To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with.
  

(v. t.)
Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken), drunken.
  

qing1 chu1 yu2 lan2 er2 sheng4 yu2 lan2
The blue dye extracted from indigo is bluer than indigo.
Said of a student who excels his teacher or of a late-comer who overtakes the predecessor. Short form: 青出于蓝.

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