run over

British  

verb

1. (tr, adverb) to knock down (a person) with a moving vehicle

2. (intr) to overflow the capacity of (a container)

3. (intr, preposition) to examine hastily or make a rapid survey of

4. (intr, preposition) to exceed (a limit)

   we've run over our time

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run over Idioms  

1. Knock down and, often, pass over, as in The car ran over our dog . [First half of 1900s]

2. Review quickly, as in I'll run over the speech one more time . [Early 1600s]

3. Overflow, as in This pot's running over . This usage appears in the well-known Twenty-third Psalm: “My cup runneth over [with God's bounty].”

4. Go beyond, exceed, as in I've run over the allotted time, but there are still questions . [Early 1500s]

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Example Sentences

He followed that up against the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday, surrendering just one unearned run over six frames, keeping his season ERA at 0.00.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Last year, an inquest ruled that a man who had been run over by seven Tube trains at Stratford station died accidentally.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

“We are cognizant of trying to understand which companies could get run over by AI and those that have a value proposition for consumers,” he said.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

A poll of top investors who collectively run over $1 trillion in assets finds they are putting most of their hedge-fund money into so-called quantitative funds that trade based on complex algorithms and machine learning.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 30, 2026

I’d run over after morning chores, then back before dusk.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson

Related Words

• brim
• bubble over
• cascade
• deluge
• drain
• drown
• engulf
• gush
• inundate
• leak
• overrun
• pour
• soak
• spill
• spill over
• submerge
• swamp