обогна́ть

uncommon #6878

verbperfective imperfective is обгоня́ть

1.
to overtake, to pass, to outrun, to leave behind
Вско́ре меня́ обогна́ли дво́е молоды́х люде́й.
Soon two young men overtook me.
Of vehicles, runners, walkers; perfective of обгонять.
2.
to surpass, to outstrip, to outdo
В матема́тике прия́тель мой меня́ обогна́л.
My friend has surpassed me in maths.

Motion info

обогна́ть is derived from the unidirectional verb of motion гнать with prefix об- (around).

Машина, помчавшаяся по трассе, обогнала всех остальных.
The car speeding along the highway overtook all the others.
Мы не могли́ его обогна́ть.
We could not overtake him.
Его обогна́ли.
He was left behind.
Разгоняющийся велосипедист обогнал нас на спуске.
The cyclist accelerating overtook us on the descent.
Мы обогнали пылящий автобус на трассе.
We overtook the dust-raising bus on the highway.
Машина, разбрызгивающая грязь, обогнала нас на дороге.
The car spraying mud overtook us on the road.
Поднажавший водитель обогнал соперника на трассе.
The driver, having pushed harder, overtook his rival on the track.
В сказке скороход обогнал всех соперников.
In the fairy tale, the fast runner outran all his rivals.

Note: Stress change.

Imperative
ты	обгони́
вы	обгони́те

гнатьto drive; to drive away; to lie; to distil; to persecute
verbimperfective
угна́тьto steal (a vehicle); to drive away
verbperfective
вогна́тьto drive in; to drive (into a place); to throw (into a state)
verbperfective
вы́гнатьto kick out; to distil
verbperfective
гна́тьсяto chase after (за кем-чем)
verbimperfective

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