Run over meaning
Run over is a phrasal verb with 2 meanings. One of them is to hit someone or something with a vehicle and drive over them.
- Past simple
- ran over
- Past participle
- run over
- -ing form
- running over
What run over means
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To hit someone or something with a vehicle and drive over them
A van ran over the fox during the night.
1 more meaning of run over is in the Retite app, with an example and a translation into your language.
More meanings in the appSimilar phrasal verbs
With run: run out, run out of, run away.
With over: take over, go over to, spill over, tick over, change over, do over, get over, give over, give something over to something/someone, give yourself over to.
Common questions
What does run over mean?
It has 2 meanings. One of them is to hit someone or something with a vehicle and drive over them. The other one, with an example and a translation into your language, is in the Retite app.
What is the past tense of run over?
Ran over. The past participle is run over.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
