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overtaking

sustantivo B2
  1. 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.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 100 · B2
“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.
The Jungle Book, p. 40 · B2
We were both swift runners and in fairly good training, but we soon found that we had no chance of overtaking him.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 125 · C1

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