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What does overtook mean?

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Verb
  1. simple past tense of overtake
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I nearly overtook somebody for the first time ever, but I left it a little late, so I had to pull back in sharpish.
Birdstone moved within striking distance along the backstretch and overtook Lion Heart from three wide in the far turn.
A childish glee overtook her, and she put out her tongue to catch the falling rain drops.
In 2001, hip-hop and rap overtook country music as the second most popular form of music bought in the United States.
We all turned in the direction the creatures were fleeing from as a sudden rush of air overtook us.
Keith lost ground away to Cove who overtook them in the table in a five goal thriller.

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