Collocations for "overcome"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "overcome" in context.
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overcome
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- overcome [adversity, illness, disability]
- overcome [an obstacle, a challenge, the problem, your limitations]
- overcome a [weakness, serious injury]
- overcome your [emotions, fear]
- overcome the temptation to
- overcome the [enemy, opposition]
- [shall, will, has to] overcome
- a [plan, ploy, strategy] to overcome
- [need to] overcome to [make, achieve, get, reach, ensure]
- [obstacles] [need to, have to, must] be overcome
- can be overcome through [perseverance, hard work]
- was overcome by [emotion, guilt, fear, passion, sadness]
- she was [quite, completely] overcome
- overcome with [emotion, grief, excitement, fear]
- overcome with [the, a] need to
- felt overcome with [nerves, gratitude]
- [quite, understandably, visibly] overcome with [emotion]
- [quite] overcome by the occasion
'overcome' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
backlash
- barrier
- century
- conundrum
- daring
- daunting
- decade
- desire
- disadvantage
- disorder
- dread
- emotion
- enemy
- excitement
- experience
- fear
- force
- grief
- hindrance
- hurdle
- lag
- loneliness
- mismatch
- obstacle
- passion
- peril
- personality
- predicament
- problem
- procrastination
- sense
- setback
- shortage
- shortfall
- sloth
- staggering
- stammer
- stereotype
- stutter
- sworn
- unforeseen
- wave
- wobble
- wonder
- work