run over
Dictionary
verb
- To exceed the allotted time.
"The previous presentation ran over and ours had to start late."
- To cross by running.
"The athletes must run over the bridge to reach the finish line."
- To drive over, causing injury or death.
"Can you believe somebody would just run over a cat like that?"
- To describe briefly; to summarize or recapitulate.
"Before we start the project, let's just run over who is doing what."
- To rehearse quickly.
"You'd better run over your statement before going on the platform."
- To overflow.
"The bath water nearly ran over."
- To score a try.
- 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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