overtake

/ˌəʊvəˈteɪk/ verb [T] (overtook, overtaken)

Definition

› to grow, develop, or progress more quickly than something else: Our US sales have now overtaken our sales in Europe. Plastic soon overtook cash as Britain's most popular method of payment.

(Definition of overtake verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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