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The art of arriving where someone else still is, then leaving them behind.
means Moving past another vehicle or competitor going in the same direction, ideally without trading paint.
from From 'over' plus the Old Norse 'taka,' to take or grasp — literally 'to take over' the road ahead, in motion since the 1500s.
Racing currencyIn F1 it's worship; processions get booed.
Legal geometryMost countries fix which side you may pass.
Risk mathHead-on collisions cluster around mistimed overtakes.