Definition of Run over

1. Verb. Injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle.

Exact synonyms: Run Down
Generic synonyms: Injure, Wound

2. Verb. Flow or run over (a limit or brim).
Exact synonyms: Brim Over, Overflow, Overrun, Well Over
Entails: Course, Feed, Flow, Run
Generic synonyms: Run Out, Spill
Specialized synonyms: Geyser
Derivative terms: Overflow, Overflow, Overrun

Definition of Run over

1. Verb. (idiomatic) To exceed the allotted time. ¹

2. Verb. To cross by running ¹

3. Verb. (idiomatic) To drive over, causing injury or death. ¹

4. Verb. (idiomatic) To briefly describe ¹

5. Verb. (idiomatic) To practice quickly, briefly. ¹

6. Verb. To overflow ¹

7. Verb. (rugby) To score a try ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Run Over

run low
run of house
run of play
run of the mill
run off
run off at the mouth
run off with
run on
run on fumes
run oneself ragged
run out
run out of steam
run out on
run out the clock
run outs
run over
run o’ the mill
run rampant
run rate
run rings around
run rings round
run riot
run roughshod
run roughshod over
run scared
run short
run somebody ragged
run someone through
run something by
run something past

Literary usage of Run over

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report (1883)
"April 2a, fell from train, run over, killed. McDonald. JA, E. Minneapolis, April 6, attempting to get off moving train, killed. ..."

2. Palmer's Index to "The Times" NewspaperTimes (London, England) (1873)
"8 j 9/ - on William Samuel Cray, run over by a Train near Finsbury Park, 19 m 6/ -- on Thomas Dann, Shot by Misadventure by hi« own Rifle, ..."

3. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1887)
"There is no danger of the Atlantic and Pacific, or any other railroad, at present, trying to run over this big railway association that exists now, ..."

4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1911)
"... at the crossing and prevent them from being run over, (d) Defendant employés and defendant company knew the usual mode of operating freight train No. ..."

5. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"... to hide herself behind wan av the pillars, an' sez ' Jungi' in a voice that wouldn't ha' scared a hare. I run over to ..."

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