Translation of "overtaking" to French

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Dictionary translations for "overtaking"

overtaking noun

pl. overtakings

le dépassement m (traffic)

le rattrapage m (Sport)

overtake [ˈəuvəˈteɪk] verb Conjugation

overtook / overtaken / overtaking / overtakes

dépasser (vehicle)

If you hurry, you will overtake him.

Si tu te dépêches, tu vas le dépasser.

doubler (auto)

I was overtaken by the car.

J'ai été doublé par une voiture.

rattraper (catch up with)

frapper (fig-disaster, misfortune)

saisir (emotions)

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Contexts with "overtaking"

If you hurry, you will overtake him. Si tu te dépêches, tu vas le dépasser.

I was overtaken by the car. J'ai été doublé par une voiture.

A boy having sold a cow at the fair at Hereford, was way-laid by a highwayman, who at a convenient place demanded the money; on this the boy took to his heels and ran away but being overtaken by the highwayman, who dismounted, he pulled the money out of his pocket and strewed it about, and while the highwayman was picking it up, the boy jumped upon the horse and rode home. Un garçon qui avait vendu une vache à la foire de Hereford, fut pris en embuscade par un routier, qui, à un endroit approprié, exigea l'argent ; sur ce, le garçon prit ses jambes à son cou et s'enfuit mais, étant rattrapé par le routier, qui descendit de cheval, il sortit l'argent de sa poche et l'éparpilla autour, et tandis que le routier le ramassait, le garçon sauta sur le cheval et galopa jusqu'à chez lui.

He accelerated his car and overtook me. Il a accéléré sa voiture et m'a dépassé.

The hare was overtaken by the tortoise. Le lièvre fut doublé par la tortue.

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