run over
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.39 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To describe briefly; to summarize or recapitulate; to go through or consider quickly.
Transitive verb
verb
To overflow.
Example Sentences
- "The previous presentation ran over and ours had to start late."
- "The athletes must run over the bridge to reach the finish line."
- "A further loop siding is passed at Park House, and, just before reaching the power house, the line runs over a 20-ton Avery wagon weighbridge."
- "Can you believe somebody would just run over a cat like that?"
- "Eight Buddhist monks killed and dozens injured after boy, 11, runs them over in a truck"
- "It is time that all bisexuals and gays that are in prison become unified and stop letting the administration and other inmates run over them."