📖 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."
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Run over"
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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