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Definition of Run over
1. Verb. Injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle.
2. Verb. Flow or run over (a limit or brim).
Entails: Course, Feed, Flow, Run
Generic synonyms: Run Out, Spill
Specialized synonyms: Geyser
Derivative terms: Overflow, Overflow, Overrun
Definition of Run over
1. Verb. (idiomatic) To exceed the allotted time. ¹
2. Verb. To cross by running ¹
3. Verb. (idiomatic) To drive over, causing injury or death. ¹
4. Verb. (idiomatic) To briefly describe ¹
5. Verb. (idiomatic) To practice quickly, briefly. ¹
6. Verb. To overflow ¹
7. Verb. (rugby) To score a try ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Run Over
Literary usage of Run over
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report (1883)
"April 2a, fell from train, run over, killed. McDonald. JA, E. Minneapolis, April
6, attempting to get off moving train, killed. ..."
2. Palmer's Index to "The Times" NewspaperTimes (London, England) (1873)
"8 j 9/ - on William Samuel Cray, run over by a Train near Finsbury Park, 19 m
6/ -- on Thomas Dann, Shot by Misadventure by hi« own Rifle, ..."
3. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1887)
"There is no danger of the Atlantic and Pacific, or any other railroad, at present,
trying to run over this big railway association that exists now, ..."
4. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1911)
"... at the crossing and prevent them from being run over, (d) Defendant employés
and defendant company knew the usual mode of operating freight train No. ..."
5. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"... to hide herself behind wan av the pillars, an' sez ' Jungi' in a voice that
wouldn't ha' scared a hare. I run over to ..."
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