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overtook

US/oʊ.vɚˈtʊk/UK/əʊ.vəˈtʊk/Northern Ireland, Scotland/o.vəɹˈtʉk/

A form of overtake — To pass a slower moving object or entity (on the side closest to oncoming traffic).

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Meanings

verb

pastsimple past of overtake

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with overtook

book look took outlook hook brook brooke shook koch overlook chinook crook logbook rook mook chook overcook blook jook chequebook abrook bring to book by hook or by crook Corner Brook

Cite this entry

APA

overtook. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overtook

MLA

“overtook.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overtook. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overtook,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overtook.

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