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догнать и перегнать | catch up with and pass (This meant that Matt not only actually completed the required distance but caught up with and passed several competitors on the run (University of Exeter) Tamerlane) |
догнать и перегнать | catch up and surpass |
догнать и перегнать Америку | catch up with and surpass America ("Wedded Strangers. The Challenges of Russian-American Marriages" by Lynn Visson: For years they were told that everything Russian was superior to everything Western, and yet the explicit goal of the USSR was to catch up with and surpass America Dominator_Salvator) |
догнать и перегнать Америку | catch up and overtake America (theguardian.com goldblaze) |