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aufholen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • overtake verb To pass a slower vehicle, runner, or competitor ahead of you.

Senses

aufholen is used for these senses in English:

  • catch up (intransitive) To be brought up to date with news.
  • make up To compensate, to fill in, to catch up.
  • overtake To pass a slower moving object or entity (on the side closest to oncoming traffic).

overtake — full definition

  1. verb To pass a slower vehicle, runner, or competitor ahead of you.
  2. verb To become larger, better, or more important than something else.

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