overtaking
noun B2- The act by which one thing overtakes another.
Plural overtakings
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The Hunter ran after him, as if he was sure of overtaking him, but the Horseman increased more and more the distance between them.
“Why didst thou not warn the man-cub?” he roared to poor Baloo, who had set off at a clumsy trot in the hope of overtaking the monkeys.
We were both swift runners and in fairly good training, but we soon found that we had no chance of overtaking him.
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