overrun
verb (used with object)
to rove over (a country, region, etc.); invade; ravage.
will overrun
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future tenseof overrun.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Macquarie assumes the budget will overrun to $2.3 billion considering inflationary pressures in the mining industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
Eddie Howe's side hammered Chelsea at home last weekend and I think they will overrun Manchester United too.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2023
We are taken back to the late 1800s, to the beginning of a cholera outbreak that will overrun this fictional Caribbean city over the next half-century.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
Chances are euro area price growth will overrun the ECB's 3.2% average forecast for this year.
From Reuters ● Feb. 1, 2022
“Not just for us. For everybody we love. The Doors have to be closed on both sides, or the monsters will just keep coming through. Gaea’s forces will overrun the world.”
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
