phrasal verb🧩 phrasal verb
run over
to hit with vehicle
What it means
To hit someone or something with a vehicle and drive across them, usually causing injury or damage. It can also mean to exceed an allowed time, or to review something quickly.
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Examples
- A truck ran over my neighbour's cat last night on the highway.
- Be careful crossing the road, you could get run over.
- The meeting ran over by twenty minutes because of the questions.
- Let's run over the main points again before the presentation.
Where it comes from
Separable when referring to vehicles hitting things, but inseparable when meaning 'exceed time'. Often used in the passive: 'she was run over by a bus'.
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