birden karşısma çıkmak

Turkish - English

Definition of birden karşısma çıkmak in Turkish English dictionary

overtake

To pass a more slowly moving object

To catch up with, but not pass, a more slowly moving vehicle, animal etc

I overtook and passed the doctor between Woking and Send. 1898, H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds.

To become greater than something else

To occur unexpectedly

Our plans were overtaken by events..

{v} to come up with, to catch

{f} catch up to; pass; surpass; come upon suddenly, attack suddenly

If you overtake a vehicle or a person that is ahead of you and moving in the same direction, you pass them. When he eventually overtook the last truck he pulled over to the inside lane The red car was pulling out ready to overtake

If an event overtakes you, it happens unexpectedly or suddenly. Tragedy was shortly to overtake him, however. = befall

If someone or something overtakes a competitor, they become more successful than them. Sales are booming in Japan, which has overtaken Britain as the Mini's biggest market

Hence, figuratively, in the past participle (overtaken), drunken

overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

travel past; "The sports car passed all the trucks"

To come upon from behind; to discover; to surprise; to capture; to overcome

If a feeling overtakes you, it affects you very strongly. Something like panic overtook me = overwhelm

catch up with and possibly overtake; "The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp

To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with

catch up with and possibly overtake; "The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp"

Hyphenation

bir·den kar·şıs·ma çık·mak