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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]

Example Sentences

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Run over by a ride-on lawnmower as a two-year-old, he had 15 surgeries on his left leg, including whole leg reconstruction, before taking up Para-triathlon.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2023

In all, about 100 players have played in The Run over the decades, some more luminous than others.

From New York Times • Jun. 1, 2020

Silviniaco Conti, ridden by Ruby Walsh, leads Long Run over the last fence in the Betfair Chase at Haydock.

From The Guardian • Nov. 24, 2012

Run over 223.5km from Rotterdam to Brussels, this instalment of the race ended in chaos, with Italian veteran Alessandro Petacchi managing to avoid Foinavon style carnage to win it in a sprint.

From The Guardian • Jul. 9, 2010

“Arthur Scherbius, the inventor. Run over by a carriage in 1929. Didn’t live to see the German military buy his machine by the thousands.”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

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