run over

• Verbo compuesto que se usa para indicar que un vehículo atropella y pasa por encima de alguien o algo, o para revisar o repasar algo rápidamente.

A phrasal verb used to indicate a vehicle hitting and passing over someone or something, or to review or rehearse something quickly.

incontable · transitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Hit with a vehicleformal

   To strike and pass over someone or something with a vehicle.

   Atropellar

   • The car ran over a small animal on the road.
   • He was nearly run over by a speeding truck.
   • The driver accidentally ran over a pedestrian.

   Sinónimoshitknock downmow downrun downstrike

2. Exceed a limitinformal

   To go beyond a set limit, especially time.

   Exceder un límite

   • The meeting ran over by thirty minutes.
   • The movie ran over its scheduled time.
   • His speech ran over the allotted time.

   Sinónimosexceedgo overoverrunovershootoverstepsurpass

   Antónimosshortfall

3. Review quicklyinformal

   To read or examine something quickly.

   Repasar rápidamente

   • Let me run over the notes one more time.
   • She ran over the contract before signing.
   • He ran over the main points of the presentation.

   Sinónimosbrowseglance overgo overlook-overrun throughscanskim

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