"overtake" meaning in English

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        {
          "text": "He had to really increase his speed to overtake her car on the freeway."
        },
        {
          "text": "There was an overtaking lane on the road to allow cars to get passed the slow moving trucks going up the hills."
        }
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        "To overtake is to catch up to and then pass or do better than something."
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        {
          "text": "The government's reforms were overtaken by the mass demonstrations which called for big changes in the laws."
        }
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        "If something overtakes you, you are not ready, you are surprised, and overwhelmed by it."
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      "ipa": "/ˈəʊvə(r).teɪk/",
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      "ipa": "/oʊvɚˈteɪk/",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He had to really increase his speed to overtake her car on the freeway."
        },
        {
          "text": "There was an overtaking lane on the road to allow cars to get passed the slow moving trucks going up the hills."
        }
      ],
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        "To overtake is to catch up to and then pass or do better than something."
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The government's reforms were overtaken by the mass demonstrations which called for big changes in the laws."
        }
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