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If a vehicle or its driver runs over someone or something, the vehicle hits and drives over him, her, or it: I think we've just run a rabbit over. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
If a vehicle or its driver runs a person or animal over, it knocks them down or drives over them. You can always run him over and make it look like an accident. [ VERB noun PARTICLE ]
to take more time or spend more money than was planned. My work meetings always run over. The project ran over time and budget. run over something. to read through or practise something quickly. She ran over her notes before giving the lecture. See run over in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Other results.
transitive verb. 1. : to go over, examine, repeat, or rehearse quickly. 2. : to collide with, knock down, and often drive over. ran over a dog. Synonyms.
run over. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English run over phrasal verb 1 run somebody/something ↔ over to hit someone or something with a vehicle, and drive over them He was run over and killed by a bus. She got run over outside the school. 2 run over something to think about something Mark’s mind raced, running over all the ...
to examine a document or subject with someone in order to explain it or to get their help or opinion on it: run over/through something with someone I'd like to run over the main points of the article with you. I'm really struggling with this math - could you run through it with me later? SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
Definition of run over phrasal verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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verb. tr, adverb to knock down (a person) with a moving vehicle. intr to overflow the capacity of (a container) intr, preposition to examine hastily or make a rapid survey of. intr, preposition to exceed (a limit) we've run over our time. Discover More. Example Sentences.
Definitions of run over. verb. injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle. synonyms: run down. see more. verb. flow or run over (a limit or brim) synonyms: brim over, overflow, overrun, well over. see more.
