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overtaken

/ˈəʊvəɹteɪkən/ adjetivo B2

En español: sorprendido, superado, alcanzado

  1. Taken by surprise; overcome. · I was overtaken by events.
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“And what would he have done had he overtaken us?”
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 117 · B2
She had wintered at Davos Platz, and was journeying now to join her friends at Lucerne, when a sudden hemorrhage had overtaken her.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 121 · B2
He had remained on that three-foot path, with sheer wall on one side and sheer drop on the other, until his enemy had overtaken him.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 123 · B2
As I walked back I was overtaken by Dr.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 136 · C1

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