run over

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour indiquer qu'un véhicule a heurté et écrasé quelqu'un ou quelque chose, ou pour parcourir ou répéter rapidement quelque chose.

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

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. Hit with a vehicleformal

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

   Écraser (en voiture)

   • 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.

   Synonymeshitknock downmow downrun downstrike

2. Exceed a limitinformal

   To go beyond a set limit, especially time.

   dépasser une limite

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

   Synonymesexceedgo overoverrunovershootoverstepsurpass

   Antonymesshortfall

3. Review quicklyinformal

   To read or examine something quickly.

   parcourir rapidement

   • 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.

   Synonymesbrowseglance overgo overlook-overrun throughscanskim

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