Synonyms for overtaking
over·tak·ing

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1. passing, overtakingnoun

   going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it

   "she drove but well but her reckless passing of every car on the road frightened me"

   Synonyms:
   passing, exit, release, qualifying, going, expiration, loss, passing play, passing game, pass, departure, passage

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1. • Reordering

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1. List of paraphrases for "overtaking":

   exceedance, overrun, overshoot, exceedence, outperforming, overexpenditure, exceeding, surpassing, over-expenditure

How to pronounce overtaking?

How to say overtaking in sign language?

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How to use overtaking in a sentence?

1. Thomas Bauer:

   It will not be a contest against copiers. It will be one against innovative engineers who are intent on overtaking us, if we don't start finding answers soon, this can end very badly.

2. Mo Fathelbab:

   I'm a Muslim-American and I'm tired of the rampant Islamophobia overtaking the campaign, and until Muslim Mel Brooks appears on the scene to comically knock down Trump with our version of 'The Producers,' this is the next best thing.

3. Paddy Lowe:

   You saw he did some fantastic driving, some great overtaking, i think Nico is doing a good job, it's just tough to beat Lewis.

4. Charles Leclerc:

   I'll have to take a lot of risks I think, even risking to crash, but at the end that's the only thing we need to do now, to try and be extreme in our overtaking because this is a track where it's basically impossible to overtake.

5. The Labor Department:

   The healthcare and social assistance major sector is expected to become the largest employing major sector during the projections decade, overtaking the state and local government major sector and the professional and business services major sector.