bastırmak (yağmur vb)

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Turkish - English
{f} overtake
To pass a more slowly moving object
To catch up with, but not pass, a more slowly moving vehicle, animal etc

I overtook and passed the doctor between Woking and Send. 1898, H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds.

To become greater than something else
To occur unexpectedly

Our plans were overtaken by events..

{v} to come up with, to catch
{f} catch up to; pass; surpass; come upon suddenly, attack suddenly
If you overtake a vehicle or a person that is ahead of you and moving in the same direction, you pass them. When he eventually overtook the last truck he pulled over to the inside lane The red car was pulling out ready to overtake
If an event overtakes you, it happens unexpectedly or suddenly. Tragedy was shortly to overtake him, however. = befall
If someone or something overtakes a competitor, they become more successful than them. Sales are booming in Japan, which has overtaken Britain as the Mini's biggest market
Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken), drunken
overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks"
To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to capture; to overcome
If a feeling overtakes you, it affects you very strongly. Something like panic overtook me = overwhelm
catch up with and possibly overtake; "The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp
To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with
catch up with and possibly overtake; "The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp"
bastırmak (yağmur vb)
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