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1. Going by something that is moving in order to get in front of it
   - passing

1. Catch up with and possibly overtake
   "The Rolls Royce overtook us near the exit ramp"
   - catch, catch up with
    
2. Travel past
   "The sports car overtook all the trucks"
   - pass, overhaul
    
3. Become filled with uncontrollable emotion or too much sensory input
   - overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm [archaic], overcome

Type of: advance, arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, go on, kindle, march on, move on, pass on, progress, provoke, raise, reordering

Encyclopedia: Overtaking