Dictionary

run over en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To exceed the allotted time.
   • The previous presentation ran over and ours had to start late.
2. (transitive) To cross by running.
   • A further loop siding is passed at Park House, and, just before reaching the power house, the line runs over a 20-ton Avery wagon weighbridge. 1957 December 14, H. R. Stones, “The Hellingly Hospital Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 871:
   • The athletes must run over the bridge to reach the finish line.
3. (idiomatic, transitive) To drive over, causing injury or death.
   • Can you believe somebody would just run over a cat like that?
   • Eight Buddhist monks killed and dozens injured after boy, 11, runs them over in a truck 2026 July 2, Eliana Silver, “Eight Buddhist monks killed and dozens injured after boy, 11, runs them over in a truck”, in dailymail.com:
4. (broadly, transitive) To mistreat out of disregard.
   • It is time that all bisexuals and gays that are in prison become unified and stop letting the administration and other inmates run over them. 1987 February 1, LeRoy Burroughs Jr., “Come Inside And Speak To Us!”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 28, page 4:
5. (idiomatic, transitive) To describe briefly; to summarize or recapitulate; to go through or consider quickly.
   • Each man was running over the what ifs in his mind. 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest, NSW: Allen and Unwin, page 199:
   • Before we start the project, let's just run over who is doing what.
6. (idiomatic, transitive) To rehearse quickly.
   • You'd better run over your statement before going on the platform.
7. (ambitransitive) To overflow.
   • The bath water nearly ran over.
8. To score a try.
   • Andrew Bishop then ran over in the closing stages, but it was too late. 2010 December 31, “Magners League: Cardiff Blues 27-25 Osprey”, in BBC:
9. To have rotation in such direction that the crank pin traverses the upper, or front, half of its path in the forward, or outward, stroke; said of a crank which drives, or is driven by, a reciprocating piece.

Forms

Synonyms

overrun · overrun · overrun · overrun

Translations (40)

hu elgázol (to drive over, causing injury or death) · no kjøre ned (to drive over, causing injury or death) · ro călca (to drive over, causing injury or death) · el πατάω (to drive over, causing injury or death) · pl rozjeżdżać (to drive over, causing injury or death) · uk переїхати (to drive over, causing injury or death) · sk pretiahnuť (to continue for too long — see also overrun) · gl atropelar (to drive over, causing injury or death) · ast atropellar (to drive over, causing injury or death) · chr ᎠᏗᏅᏗᎭ (to drive over, causing injury or death) · de überschreiten (to continue for too long — see also overrun) · es arrollar (to drive over, causing injury or death) · pl przejeżdżać (to drive over, causing injury or death) · de überziehen (to continue for too long — see also overrun) · cs přetáhnout (to continue for too long — see also overrun) · cs přejet (to drive over, causing injury or death) · pl rozjechać (to drive over, causing injury or death) · da køre over (to drive over, causing injury or death) · hu elüt (to drive over, causing injury or death) · tr çiğnemek (to drive over, causing injury or death) · nl overrijden (to drive over, causing injury or death) · ca atropellar (to drive over, causing injury or death) · nl te lang doorbijlopen (to continue for too long — see also overrun) · bg прегазвам (to drive over, causing injury or death) · cs protáhnout se (to continue for too long — see also overrun) · de überfahren (to drive over, causing injury or death) · it investire (to drive over, causing injury or death) · ja 轢く (to drive over, causing injury or death) · fr renverser (to drive over, causing injury or death) · fi ajaa päälle (to drive over, causing injury or death) · pl przejechać (to drive over, causing injury or death) · pt atropelar (to drive over, causing injury or death) · es atropellar (to drive over, causing injury or death) · id melindas (to drive over, causing injury or death) · uk переїжджати (to drive over, causing injury or death) · fi ajaa yli (to drive over, causing injury or death) · ba тапатыу (to drive over, causing injury or death) · ba тапау (to drive over, causing injury or death) · sv köra över (to drive over, causing injury or death) · no kjøre over (to drive over, causing injury or death)