run over

Definitions

1. 1

   To exceed the allotted time.

   • The previous presentation ran over and ours had to start late.
2. 2

   To cross by running.

   • The athletes must run over the bridge to reach the finish line.
   • A further loop siding is passed at Park House, and, just before reaching the power house, the line runs over a 20-ton Avery wagon weighbridge.
3. 3

   To drive over, causing injury or death.

   • Can you believe somebody would just run over a cat like that?
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   1. 4

      To mistreat out of disregard.

      • It is time that all bisexuals and gays that are in prison become unified and stop letting the administration and other inmates run over them.
   2. 5

      To describe briefly

      To describe briefly; to summarize or recapitulate; to go through or consider quickly.

      • Before we start the project, let's just run over who is doing what.
      • Each man was running over the what ifs in his mind.
   3. 6

      To rehearse quickly.

      • You'd better run over your statement before going on the platform.
   4. 7

      To overflow.

      • The bath water nearly ran over.
   5. 8

      To score a try.

      • Andrew Bishop then ran over in the closing stages, but it was too late.
   6. 9

      To have rotation in such direction that the crank pin traverses the upper, or front, half…

      To have rotation in such direction that the crank pin traverses the upper, or front, half of its path in the forward, or outward, stroke; said of a crank which drives, or is driven by, a reciprocating piece.

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