tārū
1. (verb) (-a) to overcome, beat.
Ka whati te whatinga; kore rawa i tā te manawa o Ngā Puhi, o Ngāti Kahungunu; e toru ngā whakahoki, kore rawa i tārū (JPS 1900:69). / The enemy retreated, but Ngā Puhi and Ngāti Kahungunu never stopped to take breath. There were three times the enemy turned on them, but Ngā Puhi never stopped.
Synonyms: poke, kake, where, pāpā, wikitōria, whakatina, hinga, poko, raupatu, tae, takapapa, pārure, whakatūoi, mate, whara
