overtake
transitive verbTo catch up with; draw even or level with.
transitive verbTo pass after catching up with.
transitive verbTo come upon unexpectedly; take by surprise.
nounThe act or fact of overtaking.
To come up with in traveling the same way, or in pursuit (with or without the idea of passing the person or thing overtaken); catch up with in any course of thought or action.
To take by surprise; come upon unexpectedly; surprise and overcome; carry away.
Hence To overpower the senses of.
Specifically, to overcome with drink; intoxicate: chiefly in the past participle.
transitive verbTo come up with in a race, pursuit, progress, or motion