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Meanings of run over in English

Portuguese
infestar
Catalan
desbordar-se

Flow or run over (a limit or brim)

infestar
Portuguese
atropelar
Catalan
atropellar
Spanish
pasar por encima

Injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle.

atropelar

Be above something with respect to a reference point.

Usage of run over in English
1
He told her he had seen a cat run over that morning.
The new yorker
2
We had a beautiful run over the mountains; the view was magnificent.
'My Beloved Poilus'
3
I think DeChooch just left the car there to get run over.
Seven up
4
I have to run over and talk to Sam for a minute.
Dead ever after
5
He started the car up and let it run over the bank.
Judith of Blue Lake Ranch
6
You would never have run over here this way in the world.
The Portion of Labor
7
Not that the parakeet got run over in the road, you understand.
Pet Sematary
8
Reason: in a great deal of noise pedestrians might be run over.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar...
9
The courses are part-time and run over one and three years respectively.
The Irish Times
10
He finished off in nice fashion at his first-up run over 1400m.
News.com.au
11
I never was popular before I was run over by the cars.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
12
No one could see us, so we really did get run over.
The Guardian
13
They came to the place where Wallander had run over the hare.
Firewall
14
We have only run over the merits and faults of this plan.
Thomas Davis, Selections from his Prose and Poetry
15
And from there we shall run over to Chicago and the Yosemite.
Their Pilgrimage
16
Now go and ease your feet with a run over the town.
One of Our Conquerors — Volume 2
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Translations for run over
Run over through the time
Run over across language varieties
Australia
Common
United Kingdom
Common
New Zealand
Common
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