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- See:
- run
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| definition 1: |
of a moving vehicle or a driver operating a moving vehicle, to hit and knock down (someone or something), causing serious injury or death.
The man was crossing the street when the intoxicated driver ran him over.My father was angry that the truck backed up and ran over his bushes. |
| definition 2: |
to go on longer than scheduled or planned for.
The class ran over because of some lengthy student presentations.The editors cut the movie in some parts because it ran over by sixteen minutes.We were late to lunch because the meeting ran ten minutes over. |
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