dépasser
Meanings
Verb
1. to exceed
2. to overtake, to go past
3. to surpass
Examples105
L'élève a dépassé le maître.
The student has surpassed the teacher.
Ils ne me dépasseront pas.
They won't get past me.
Je pensais qu'on avait dépassé ça.
I thought we were past that.
Toute sa vie, Tom n'a jamais su se dépasser.
Tom has been an underachiever all his life.
Nous avons dépassé cela.
We're past that.
Elle le dépassait d'une tête.
She was a head taller than he was.