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Welcome! Today is Wednesday,
December 11st, 2019 |
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1. overcome (verb) overcome, usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome; "Heart disease can get the best of us" Also known as: get the best, have the best 2. overcome (verb) win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "She conquered here fear of mice"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up" Also known as: get the better of, defeat More Specific: demolish / destroy - defeat soundly 3. overcome (verb) get on top of; deal with successfully; "He overcame his shyness" 4. overcome (verb) overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli More Specific: devastate - overwhelm or overpower 5. overcome (s) rendered powerless especially by an excessive amount or profusion of something; "a desk flooded with applications"; "felt inundated with work"; "too much overcome to notice"; "a man engulfed by fear"; "swamped by work" |