run over

What does "run over" mean?

1. To hit someone or something with a vehicle
2. To review or practice something quickly
3. To exceed a time limit
4. To overflow

Examples

• The driver nearly ran over a pedestrian.
• Can we run over the presentation one more time?
• The meeting ran over by thirty minutes.
• The bathtub ran over and flooded the bathroom.
• Let me run over the main points with you.

How to use it

Context is important - 'run over' can be serious (hitting someone) or casual (reviewing something). 'Run over time' is common in meeting contexts.

Word order

For hitting with vehicle: separable ('run someone over'). For reviewing: separable ('run the details over'). For exceeding time: not separable.

Similar expressions

Opposites

Related phrasal verbs

• run by

  To tell someone about an idea to get their opinion

• run out

  To use all of something so there is none left

• run into

  To meet someone by chance

• run away

  To leave a place or person quickly to escape

• run up

  To accumulate a large bill or debt

• run down

  To criticize someone unfairly