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Run over

To exceed the allotted time.

📖 Definitions of "Run over"

verb

1
To exceed the allotted time.
"The previous presentation ran over and ours had to start late."
2
To cross by running.
"The athletes must run over the bridge to reach the finish line."
3
To drive over, causing injury or death.
"Can you believe somebody would just run over a cat like that?"
4
To describe briefly; to summarize or recapitulate.
"Before we start the project, let's just run over who is doing what."

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
run downverb	(transitive, intransitive) To lose power slowly. Used for a machine, battery, or other powered device.
overrunverb	(transitive) To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively.
brim oververb	(intransitive, by extension) To experience a very strong emotion; to be overcome with emotion.
overflownoun	(transitive) To flow over the brim of (a container).
well oververb	flow or run over (a limit or brim)
overrun the constableverb	Synonym of outrun the constable.
run into the groundverb	(transitive, idiomatic, informal) To mismanage to the point of ruin.
run behindverb	To be late; to be behind schedule.
overshootnoun	(countable) The amount by which something goes too far.
overraceverb	(transitive) To race too often.
cross the lineverb	(idiomatic) To overstep a boundary, rule, or limit; to go too far or do something unacceptable.
overwalkverb	To walk over or upon.
coursenoun	A sequence of events.
outstripverb	To move more quickly than (someone or something) so as to outrun or leave it behind.
run acrossverb	(idiomatic) To find or discover by chance; to come across.
outpaceverb	(transitive) To go faster than; to exceed the pace of.
run hotverb	(of an electrical or mechanical system) To produce excessive heat while operating.
run throughverb	(transitive, idiomatic) To summarise briefly.
run aheadverb	To proceed beyond peers or beyond some limit.
overtraceverb	(transitive) To trace over.

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