What does run over mean?

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run over

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. run down, run oververb

    injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle

  2. overflow, overrun, well over, run over, brim oververb

    flow or run over (a limit or brim)

Wiktionary

  1. run oververb

    To exceed the allotted time.

  2. run oververb

    To cross by running

  3. run oververb

    To drive over, causing injury or death.

  4. run oververb

    To briefly describe

  5. run oververb

    To practice quickly, briefly.

  6. run oververb

    To overflow

  7. run oververb

    To score a try

Wikipedia

  1. run over

    A traffic collision, also called a motor vehicle collision (car accident or car crash, in case cars are involved in the collision), occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other moving or stationary obstruction, such as a tree, pole or building. Traffic collisions often result in injury, disability, death, and property damage as well as financial costs to both society and the individuals involved. Road transport is the most dangerous situation people deal with on a daily basis, but casualty figures from such incidents attract less media attention than other, less frequent types of tragedy.A number of factors contribute to the risk of collisions, including vehicle design, speed of operation, road design, weather, road environment, driving skills, impairment due to alcohol or drugs, and behavior, notably aggressive driving, distracted driving, speeding and street racing. In 2013, 54 million people worldwide sustained injuries from traffic collisions. This resulted in 1.4 million deaths in 2013, up from 1.1 million deaths in 1990. About 68,000 of these occurred with children less than five years old. Almost all high-income countries have decreasing death rates, while the majority of low-income countries have increasing death rates due to traffic collisions. Middle-income countries have the highest rate with 20 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, accounting for 80% of all road fatalities with 52% of all vehicles. While the death rate in Africa is the highest (24.1 per 100,000 inhabitants), the lowest rate is to be found in Europe (10.3 per 100,000 inhabitants).

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  1. run over

    To "run over" typically refers to hitting or driving over something or someone with a vehicle unintentionally. It could also mean exceeding a limit, such as a time or budget, or reviewing or practicing something briefly. The meaning can change depending on the context it's used in.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of run over in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of run over in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of run over in a Sentence

  1. Samuel Johnson:

    We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over so in a series of kindness there is at last one which makes the heart run over.

  2. Arthur Godfrey:

    Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

  3. Mac Thornberry:

    They want to intimidate the Baltic states, Poland, Ukraine and Romania, country after country. And the question is, do you let the bully get away with that or do you stand up and say 'no, you can threaten, but we will not allow you to run over us,'.

  4. Mark Dawson:

    He was planning a car accident-style attack to run over a serviceman and use a knife to kill that serviceman, and to do so, certainly had in mind the wearing of a suicide vest.

  5. Eric Bland:

    Zachary, no question, tried to leave. But it's clear he didn't turn to run over Lt. Tiller, but Tiller put himself in a position of danger.


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