runs over
Goes past limits
Runs over has several senses unified by excess or crossing boundaries.
A vehicle runs over something by driving across it, often crushing it: The truck ran over a pothole, She ran over a squirrel.
A container runs over when liquid exceeds its capacity and spills: The bathtub ran over.
To run over material is to review it quickly: Let's run over the main points.
An event runs over when it exceeds its allotted time: The meeting ran over by twenty minutes.
- flattenMake level or smooth
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- collisionForceful contact between objects
- recapBrief review of events
- accidentUnintended harmful event
skim · spill · trample · crush · scan · steamroll · plow through · inundate · overview · rehearsal · roadkill · overwhelm · summarize · exceed · highlight · outline · splashes · peruse
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