overrule
verb (used with object)
to rule against or disallow the arguments of (a person).
have overruled
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present perfectof overrule.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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The family of Alain Delon have overruled the late French actor's request for his pet dog to be put down and buried with him.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2024
While Swedish police have rejected several recent applications for anti-Koran demonstrations, courts have overruled those decisions, saying they infringed freedom of speech.
From Reuters ● Jul. 2, 2023
In at least a half-dozen cases around the country, local judges have overruled hospitals or doctors who refused to administer the drug to patients with advanced COVID-19 disease.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2021
He appears to have overruled his generals who sought a more expansive mission for U.S. forces in Afghanistan, one that would have continued to embrace a broader counterinsurgency and economic development effort.
From Slate ● Aug. 23, 2017
The prisoner declines to question the witness, and again pleads to the jurisdiction, a plea which I have overruled.
From Jess by Henry Rider Haggard
