Meaning

9 senses
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive)To exceed the allotted time.

    The previous presentation ran over and ours had to start late.

    überziehen, überschreiten

  2. (transitive)To cross by running.

    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?

    überfahren

    переїхатиperejixaty, переїжджатиperejiždžaty

  4. (broadly, transitive)To mistreat out of disregard.

  5. (idiomatic, transitive)To describe briefly; to summarize or recapitulate; to go through or consider quickly.

    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.

  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.

More definitions
  • injure or kill by knocking (someone or something) down and passing over the body, as with a vehicle
  • flow or run over (a limit or brim)

Examples

292 sentences
  1. She was run over by the car.

    Її переїхала машина. — aandrusiak

    ruЕё переехала машина. — sharptoothed

    deSie wurde von dem Auto überfahren. — Manfredo

  2. She was run over by a car.

    Її переїхала машина. — aandrusiak

    ruЕё задавила машина. — sharptoothed

    deSie wurde von einem Auto überfahren. — Manfredo

  3. I was almost run over by a car.

    Мене мало не переїхала машина. — deniko

    ruМеня чуть не сбила машина. — al_ex_an_der

    deIch wurde beinahe von einem Auto überfahren. — Manfredo

  4. A dog was run over by a truck.

    Собаку переїхала вантажівка. — deniko

    ruСобаку переехал грузовик. — Tretiz

    deEin Hund wurde von einem Lkw überfahren. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. I was nearly run over by a truck.

    Мене мало не переїхала вантажівка. — aandrusiak

    ruМеня чуть не сбил грузовик. — marafon

    deIch wurde beinahe von einem Lastwagen überfahren. — Tamy

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to drive over, causing injury or death:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to continue for too long — see also overrun:
to drive over, causing injury or death:

Forms

runs over, running over, ran over, run over
Base formrun over · to run over
3rd person singularruns over
Present participlerunning over
Past simpleran over
Past participlerun over

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrun over
he, she, itruns over

Past simpleLesson

all personsran over

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave run over
he, she, ithas run over

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill run over

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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