Definition of "run over" in English

Verb

1. To exceed the allotted time.

   • The previous presentation ran over and ours had to start late.

2. To cross by running.

   • The athletes must run over the bridge to reach the finish line.

3. To drive over, causing injury or death.

   • Can you believe somebody would just run over a cat like that?

4. To mistreat out of disregard.

5. To describe briefly; to summarize or recapitulate; to go through or consider quickly.

   • Before we start the project, let's just run over who is doing what.

6. To rehearse quickly.

   • You'd better run over your statement before going on the platform.

7. To overflow.

   • The bath water nearly ran over.

8. To score a try.

9. 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.