running over
Exceeding the brim
Running over describes exceeding a limit or boundary.
A meeting runs over when it extends past its scheduled time.
A container runs over when liquid spills beyond its edges: The bathtub was running over.
To run over something with a vehicle is to drive across it, often causing damage: He accidentally ran over the neighbor's garden hose.
Running over a person or animal means striking them with a vehicle: She was devastated after running over a cat.
- tramplingCrushing underfoot repeatedly
- hit and runLeaving after causing accident
- spilloverExcess that escapes
- overrunSpread throughout uncontrollably
- overflowExceed capacity and spill
swamping · deluge · traversing · surge · crushing · recap · run through · inundation · exceeding · run down · crossing · surpassing · practice · hitting · struck · flattening · flood · outpouring
- overflowingoverflow, brimming, brimful, spill, brim
- knocking downtoppling, demolishing, razing, felling, bulldozing
- At My Limitfed up, had it, last straw, breaking point, done
running overcontained
Kept within limits
holding · staying put · under control · staying in · settled
running overrunning low
Nearing exhaustion of supply
running dry · running out · depleted · empty · drained
running overrunning short
wrapping up · on schedule · abbreviated · cut short · cutting short
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