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View synonyms for run over

run over

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

He was thrown from the vehicle, then run over by it as he tried to stop it from rolling down a hill toward his nephew.

“I have two little girls, I don’t want them getting run over on a playing field by a male or formerly male athlete, but as a Democrat I’m supposed to be afraid to say that.”

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"The benefits to fibre in the water is you don't need to excavate and you can run over a kilometre without having to do any land. You're just utilising the water network to provide fibre to properties at home," he said.

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Several videos circulated on social media, with one showing a man being kicked and beaten on the ground and another showing someone being run over.

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Cole limited the Dodgers to a run over six innings in the opener.

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