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And I think that if I were a for real celebrity that was recognizable everywhere, I'd just crawl under a rock and you know, have someone run over the rock with a car, or something.
Steve Burns

Meaning of "run over" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RUN OVER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RUN OVER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Run over is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES RUN OVER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

run over

Traffic collision

A traffic collision, also known as a traffic accident, motor vehicle collision, motor vehicle accident, car accident, automobile accident, road traffic collision, road traffic accident, wreck, car crash, or car smash occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other stationary obstruction, such as a tree or utility pole. Traffic collisions may result in injury, death, vehicle damage, and property damage. A number of factors contribute to the risk of collision, including vehicle design, speed of operation, road design, road environment, driver skill and/or impairment, and driver behaviour. Worldwide, motor vehicle collisions lead to death and disability as well as financial costs to both society and the individuals involved.

Definition of run over in the English dictionary

The first definition of run over in the dictionary is to knock down with a moving vehicle. Other definition of run over is to overflow the capacity of. Run over is also to examine hastily or make a rapid survey of.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RUN OVER

run in
run into
run its course
run of the mill
run off
run off at the mouth
run off with
run on
run out
run out on
run rings around
run riot
run something up the flagpole
run the gauntlet
run the show
run through
run time
run to
run to earth
run up

WORDS THAT END LIKE RUN OVER

all over
carry over
come over
get over
go over
hand over
hold over
hung over
look over
make over
over
over and over
pass over
piss all over
pull over
ride roughshod over
roll over
take over
turn over
win over
work over

Synonyms and antonyms of run over in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RUN OVER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «run over» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of run over

Translation of «run over» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RUN OVER

Find out the translation of run over to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of run over from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «run over» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

撞到
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

atropellar
570 millions of speakers

English

run over
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अधिक रन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يَدْهَسُ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сбить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

atropelar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পর্যালোচনা করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

écraser
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berlari
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

überfahren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

轢く
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

(사람)을 치다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mbukak liwat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đụng phải
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ரன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

धावणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Koşmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

investire
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przejechać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

збивати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a călca
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χτυπώ με το αυτοκίνητο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

loop oor
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

köra över
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kjøre over
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of run over

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RUN OVER»

The term «run over» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.062 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RUN OVER» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «run over» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «run over» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about run over

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10 QUOTES WITH «RUN OVER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word run over.
1
Giles Andreae
Thinking you've had depression makes about as much sense as thinking you've been run over by a bus. Trust me - you know when you've got depression.
2
Gordon Bethune
The airline business is the biggest team sport in the world. When you're all consumed with fighting among yourselves, your opponents can run over you every day.
3
William C. Bryant
Truth gets well if she is run over by a locomotive, while error dies of lockjaw if she scratches her finger.
4
Steve Burns
And I think that if I were a for real celebrity that was recognizable everywhere, I'd just crawl under a rock and you know, have someone run over the rock with a car, or something.
5
Earl Campbell
I had two things I could do: I could run over you, and I could put a good stiff arm on you. That was about it.
6
Kent Conrad
One reason the Founding Fathers thought that states should have two senators was so that smaller states wouldn't get run over and could bring their interests to the attention of the Senate more broadly.
7
Sloane Crosley
I can say with a solid degree of authority that I am a selfish person. I spontaneously forget the names of more people than not, unless I want to make out with them. I will take the last square of toilet paper off the roll without thinking twice. I tip taxi drivers so poorly I'm amazed none of them have run over my foot while speeding off.
8
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.
9
Ken Harrelson
In baseball you hit your home run over the right-field fence, the left-field fence, the center-field fence. Nobody cares. In golf everything has got to be right over second base.
10
Thomas Hobbes
The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RUN OVER»

Discover the use of run over in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to run over and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Car Wreck: How You Got Rear-Ended, Run Over, & Crushed by ...
A car dealer shares his insider secrets on how you can dodge the financial pitfalls, avoid the emotional pain, and actually enjoy your car-buying experience!
Mark Ragsdale, 2010
2
Alex Got Run Over by a Beer Keg
C. G. Brettmann. Since baseball season, Alex had learned that he gained a tremendous advantage turning to the side to avoid being tagged out. He also found a way to use his 'thinness' during a soccer game. He played on the front line and ...
C. G. Brettmann, 2008
3
Branches That Run Over the Wall; a Book of Mormon Poem and ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Louisa L. Greene Richards, 2010
4
Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
Trespasser run over and killed. Fireman jumped from an engine in motion, and was run over and killed. ] Person struck by a train and injured while!: crossing at a footpath level crossing. 3 Dec. - - ditto .-. Trespasser (aged and deaf) slightly ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1862
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Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons
Trespasser run over and killed near Gaer- wen station. {- - Collision between a mail train and a special cattle train at the junction at Rugby with the Trent Valley Line. Signal-man injured. {- - Platelayer fell from a goods van at Farnham station  ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1861
6
Run to Overcome: The Inspiring Story of an American ...
Run to Overcome tells the inspirational story of a man who discovered the real meaning of victory, and who embodies the American spirit of overcoming the odds.
Meb Keflezighi, 2010
7
An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Or, Philosophical ...
T H E O R. V. I n compared Mot 'ions , if the Celerities of the moving Bodies are equal? the Spaces run over by them, will be diretlly as the Times wherein the Motions are performed. L e t a Body in motion run the length A B, in the Time T, with ...
John Keill, 1745
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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF RAILWAYS FOR TEH YEAR 1849
Robert Goodacre, gate-keeper, run over at night by a train which was passing Wyverly-gate. Margaret Dynier, a hawker, run over while trespassing on the line. Trespasser . committed suicide by throwing himself across the rails in front of an ...
‎1850
9
Koasati Dictionary
... SUBJ) v tokhapi:lit wali:kan. to run staggering (PL SUBJ) v tokhapi:Iit to+kan. run over, to make a liquid run over (SG OBJ) v pafatlixin. to make a liquid run over (PL OBJ) v pafahlixin. to run over (liquid) (SG SUBJ) v pafatlin. to run over (liquid)  ...
Geoffrey D. Kimball, Bel Abbey, 1994
10
The Ultimate Phrasal Verb Book
Taylor's theory. He said that he thought my plan was basically good but that he wanted to point out several possible problems. run over run over & runs over running over ran over run over 1. run over (to) p.v. When you run from where you are ...
Carl W. Hart, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RUN OVER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term run over is used in the context of the following news items.
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Aberdeen Man Run Over By Vehicle After Losing Control Of It
Police say Krueger was running alongside the vehicle to try to stop it and was run over. He was taken to a hospital with a head injury. His condition was not ... «KDLT News, Jul 15»
2
Suspect accused of trying to run over police officer sought in west …
... was approached by an officer after being identified as a shoplifting suspect. He was ordered from his vehicle, but instead twice tried to run over the officer. «AL.com, Jul 15»
3
Denver authorities ID man found dead in alley after being "run over"
Denver authorities have identified a 37-year-old man police say was found dead in a downtown alley Monday after apparently being run over by a vehicle. «The Denver Post, Jun 15»
4
Denver police investigating after man is found dead,"run over"
"Evidence says he was run over by a vehicle," said Sonny Jackson, a police spokesman. "That's as far as we know right now. There's no vehicle that stayed on ... «The Denver Post, Jun 15»
5
Police: Woman shot twice while trying to run over carjacker
A woman suffered gunshot wounds to the arm and leg after attempting to run over a carjacker. Birmingham Police say the incident happened around 3 a.m. on ... «FOX6 WBRC - MyFoxAL.com, Jun 15»
6
Killed boy looked 'run over': court
A seven-year-old boy whose body looked like he'd been "run over by a truck" when he died after prolonged abuse was only allowed a bare minimum of food ... «Yahoo7 News, Jun 15»
7
Man shot, wounded as he tries to run over Scottsdale officer
Scottsdale police shot and wounded a man suspected of intentionally ramming two vehicles and trying to run over an officer before crashing in Mesa early Friday ... «KPHO Phoenix, May 15»
8
Clarksville child run over by car in driveway of home
A child is in critical condition after being run over with a car in the driveway of a Clarksville home. Police were called to the 100 block of A Street just before 8 ... «WSMV Nashville, May 15»
9
Watch: Giancarlo Stanton hits home run over bleachers at Dodger …
If you were watching the Dodgers-Marlins game on Tuesday night you probably caught a fleeting glimpse of history. Rightfielder Giancarlo Stanton became the ... «SI.com, May 15»
10
13-year-old run over by ten-wheeler
MANILA – A 13-year-old boy died after he was allegedly run over by a ten-wheeler truck on Araneta Avenue, Quezon City last night. The boy, who used to scour ... «ABS CBN News, May 15»

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