Antonyms for run over

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : ruhn

Phonetic Transcription : rʌn

Definition of run over

Origin : the modern verb is a merger of two related Old English words, in both of which the first letters sometimes switched places. The first is intransitive rinnan, irnan "to run, flow, run together" (past tense ran, past participle runnen), cognate with (cf. Middle Dutch runnen, Old Saxon, Old High German, Gothic rinnan, German rinnen "to flow, run").
The second is Old English transitive weak verb ærnan, earnan "ride, run to, reach, gain by running" (probably a metathesis of *rennan), from Proto-Germanic *rannjanan, causative of the root *ren- "to run." This is cognate with Old Saxon renian, Old High German rennen, German rennen, Gothic rannjan.
Both are from PIE *ri-ne-a-, nasalized form of root *reie- "to flow, run" (see Rhine).
Of streams, etc., from c.1200; of machinery, from 1560s. Meaning "be in charge of" is first attested 1861, originally American English. Meaning "seek office in an election" is from 1826, American English. Phrase run for it "take flight" is attested from 1640s. Many figurative uses are from horseracing or hunting (e.g. to run (something) into the ground, 1836, American English).
To run across "meet" is attested from 1855, American English. To run short "exhaust one's supply" is from 1752; to run out of in the same sense is from 1713. To run around with "consort with" is from 1887. Run away "flee in the face of danger" is from late 14c. To run late is from 1954.

As in overcome : adj overwhelmed; visibly moved
As in lick : verb play over with fire
As in overflow : verb pour out, flood
As in overlap : verb lie over something else
As in overrun : verb infest, spread over; exceed
As in recapitulate : verb go over something again
As in repeat : verb duplicate, do again
As in review : verb go over again
As in scan : verb look over, scrutinize lightly
As in spill : verb slop, drop
As in trample : verb walk forcibly over
As in brim : verb flow over the top
As in restate : verb repeat
As in tromp : verb trample
As in valuate : verb estimate
As in dip into : verb try, sample
As in estimate : verb guess, try to value
As in frisk : verb search
As in glance : verb look at briefly

Example sentences :

He ain't been run over—he's gone broke-lost all our money; every last cent.
Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson

Must a man be a beggar because he is run over, or because he is half blind?
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

I sent word for you to run over with her, father, an' have some supper.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

When you bile potaters, don't you let 'em run over onto the stove.
Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

If you have a mind to rat, rat sans phrase, and run over to the Jewish side.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

For more than a week the trains from the east and the north could not run over this route.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

I'll get in my motor-boat and take a run over to Waterfield to see Mr. Damon.
Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout » by Victor Appleton

Hold, Maria—what a catalogue of uncomfortable comforts have you run over.
Extract from : « The Politician Out-Witted » by Samuel Low

Try your hand at some of them and I'll run over the work and sign.
Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill

By the way, Knowles, why don't you run over and meet Lady Carey?
Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Synonyms for run over

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