Overtake vs Overget - What's the difference?
overtake | overget |
To pass a more slowly moving object.
To catch up with, but not pass, a more slowly moving vehicle, animal etc.
(economics) To become greater than something else
To occur unexpectedly
To attain, reach; pass, overtake; come up with; get hold of, catch.
To get beyond; get over; recover from.
As verbs the difference between overtake and overget
is that overtake is to pass a more slowly moving object while overget is to attain, reach; pass, overtake; come up with; get hold of, catch.overtake
English
Verb
- "I overtook' and passed the doctor between Woking and Send." '''1898 ,
- "Our plans were overtaken by events."
