run over

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Definition

  1. Verb (transitive):

    • To hit and pass over with a vehicle: To strike and often injure or kill a person or animal by driving a vehicle over them.
    • To exceed a limit: To go beyond a set boundary, limit, or allotted time.

  2. Verb (intransitive):

    • To overflow: For a liquid to flow over the edge of its container because it is too full.
Usage and Examples

  • Verb (transitive - hitting with a vehicle):

    • The driver didn't see the cat and accidentally ran it over.
    • We must be careful not to run over any pedestrians.

  • Verb (transitive - exceeding a limit):

    • The meeting ran over by thirty minutes.
    • His speech ran over the time limit.

  • Verb (intransitive - overflowing):

    • I forgot about the bath and the water ran over.
    • The cup is so full that the coffee might run over.
Advanced Usage

  • "to run over something" (to review): To rehearse, review, or examine something quickly.

    • Let's run over the main points before the presentation.
    • Can we run over the schedule one more time?

  • "to run over to (a place)": To make a quick, brief visit to a nearby location.

    • I'll just run over to the store to get some milk.
Variants and Related Words
  • Overrun (verb): To spread over or occupy in great numbers, or to exceed a planned limit (e.g., ).
  • Runoff (noun): Water that flows over the surface of the ground, or a final contest to decide a winner.
Synonyms
  • Transitive (hit): Strike down, knock down.
  • Transitive (exceed): Exceed, overshoot, go beyond.
  • Intransitive (overflow): Spill over, overflow.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Run through: To use up quickly, or to rehearse.
    • He ran through his savings in a month.
  • Run into: To meet by chance, or to collide with.
    • I ran into an old friend at the market.
Related Idioms
  • Run over with (an emotion): To be full of a particular feeling (often joy or excitement).
    • The children were running over with excitement on Christmas morning.
  • Have time running over: To have more than enough time.
    • We finished the test early, so we had time running over.
Verb
  1. flow or run over (a limit or brim)
  2. injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle

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