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run over someone/something

to drive over someone or something with a vehicle. Pfeifer tried to run him over, but Fred luckily escaped. I ran over a rabbit and was in tears all the way home!

See also: over, run

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However, it's all over at last, and they have run over nothing but an old pig in Southam Street.

Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context

Alice got behind a tree, for fear of being run over, and watched them go by.

Through the Looking Glass by Carroll, Lewis View in context

If we'd started up, we'd have run over her in a second.

The Red One by London, Jack View in context

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