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View definitions for run over

run over

verb as in brim

Strong match

verb as in frisk

Strong matches

Weak match

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When he’s set up and robbed in his car, he winds up running over one of the thieves — twice.

And in one of the group’s worst performances this year, they yielded nine runs over the next four innings in a gut-punch of a 9-6 defeat.

"No matter what you do, she finds a way out of it and having to try and defend her at seven, she just runs over you, through you, round you."

From BBC

They turned violent after young motorcycle taxi driver Affan Kurniawan was killed when he was run over by a police vehicle.

From BBC

"As we were running others got injured, because when they fell down, they couldn't get back up. People were running over them. I thank God that we came out without any injuries."

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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