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