run over
verb9 senses
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Idiomatic To exceed the allotted time.
- The previous presentation ran over and ours had to start late.
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To cross by running.
- The athletes must run over the bridge to reach the finish line.
- A further loop siding is passed at Park House, and, just before reaching the power house, the line runs over a 20-ton Avery wagon weighbridge.1957 December 23, H. R. Stones, “The Hellingly Hospital Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 871:
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Idiomatic To drive over, causing injury or death.
- Can you believe somebody would just run over a cat like that?
- Eight Buddhist monks killed and dozens injured after boy, 11, runs them over in a truck2026 July 2, Eliana Silver, “Eight Buddhist monks killed and dozens injured after boy, 11, runs them over in a truck”, in dailymail.com:
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Broadly To mistreat out of disregard.
- It is time that all bisexuals and gays that are in prison become unified and stop letting the administration and other inmates run over them.1987 February 1, LeRoy Burroughs Jr., “Come Inside And Speak To Us!”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 28, page 4:
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Idiomatic To describe briefly; to summarize or recapitulate; to go through or consider quickly.
- Before we start the project, let's just run over who is doing what.
- Each man was running over the what ifs in his mind.2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin, page 199:
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Idiomatic To rehearse quickly.
- You'd better run over your statement before going on the platform.
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Ambitransitive To overflow.
- The bath water nearly ran over.
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Ball games, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Rugby, Sports To score a try.
- Andrew Bishop then ran over in the closing stages, but it was too late.2010 December 31, “Magners League: Cardiff Blues 27-25 Osprey”, in BBC:
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Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences To have rotation in such direction that the crank pin traverses the upper, or front, half of its path in the forward, or outward, stroke; said of a crank which drives, or is driven by, a reciprocating piece.