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1 overtake
əuvə'teikpast tense - overtook; verb(to pass (a car etc) while driving etc: He overtook a police-car.) adelantarovertake vb adelantarEl pasado de overtake es overtook y el participio pasado es overtaken; el gerundio se escribe overtakingtr[əʊvə'teɪk]1 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL (a vehicle) adelantar, pasar, SMALLAM/SMALL rebasar2 (surpass) superar, sobrepasar3 (happen suddenly to) adelantarse a; (surprise) sorprender1 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL (vehicle) adelantar, SMALLAM/SMALL rebasarovertake [.o:vər'teɪk] vt, - took [-'tʊk] ; - taken [-'teɪkə n] ; - taking : pasar, adelantar, rebasar Mexv.(§ p.,p.p.: overtook, overtaken) = adelantarse a v.• alcanzar v.• dar alcance v.• sobrepasar v.'əʊvər'teɪk, ˌəʊvə'teɪk
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a) ( go past) \<\<horse/runner\>\> adelantar, pasar, rebasar (Méx)b) ( surpass) superar, tomarle la delantera a
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vi (BrE Auto) adelantar, rebasar (Méx)[ˌǝʊvǝ'teɪk] (pt overtook) [ˌˌǝʊvǝ'tʊk] (pp overtaken) [ˌˌǝʊvǝ'teɪkǝn]1. VT1) (=pass) [+ car] adelantar, rebasar (Mex); [+ runner] adelantar, dejar atrás; [+ competition, rival] tomar la delantera aSwift has overtaken Metmark in steel production — Swift le ha tomado la delantera a Metmark en la producción de acero
2) (fig) pillar desprevenidowe have been overtaken by events — los sucesos nos pillaron desprevenidos or de sorpresa
2.VI (Aut) adelantar, rebasar (Mex)"no overtaking" — "prohibido adelantar", "prohibido rebasar" (Mex)
* * *['əʊvər'teɪk, ˌəʊvə'teɪk]
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a) ( go past) \<\<horse/runner\>\> adelantar, pasar, rebasar (Méx)b) ( surpass) superar, tomarle la delantera a
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vi (BrE Auto) adelantar, rebasar (Méx)
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