overtake
verb
[ əʊvəˈteɪk ]
• catch up with and pass while travelling in the same direction.
• "her car overtook a line of vehicles"
Similar:
pass,
get past,
go past,
go by,
overhaul,
get/pull ahead of,
leave behind,
outdistance,
outstrip,
gain on,
catch up with,
draw level with,
go faster than,
undertake,
• (especially of misfortune) come suddenly or unexpectedly upon.
• "disaster overtook the town in 1296"
