run over

VERB
  1. flow or run over (a limit or brim)
  2. injure or kill by knocking (someone or something) down and passing over the body, as with a vehicle
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How To Use run over In A Sentence

  • Just the other day, I was almost run over by a two-wheeling speed demon who felt that a four-way stop applied to everyone but him and his Schwinn. Keith Ecker: Bikers vs. Drivers vs. Pedestrians: The War Wages On
  • The fact that the cubs were orphans, abandoned when their mother was run over by a car, was of no account.
  • The value of these in companies, whose systems are run over the web and involve complex networks of social interaction, are obvious. Computing
  • The last drop makes the cup run over
  • I put my head under the tap and let the cool water run over me.
  • And a man who ran alongside a tow truck, pleading to get his vehicle back after it was towed from a fire lane, died when he slipped and was run over by the truck and then his own Chevrolet Suburban. Boing Boing: July 24, 2005 - July 30, 2005 Archives
  • A chase involves larger, rigid fences while a hurdle race is run over shorter, more flexible obstacles.
  • She works in wildlife rehabilitation, caring for animals that have been run over in the road or abandoned.
  • Extra races are being proposed for the meeting, currently run over three days from Tuesday to Thursday, including a cross-country chase.
  • It's just the exuberance of puppydom, and it's charming to watch, if you manage not to get run over in the process. Actual Knitting Content
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