Meaning
- To hit someone or something with a vehicle.
- To exceed a limit such as time, budget, length, etc.
- To rehearse or review something quickly.
- To overflow or spill over.
- To go to someone’s place briefly.
- To repeat something again such as a list or instructions.
Today's Sentences
01
I think you just ran over something!
Situation
Look out!
I think you just ran over something!
Was it a cone?
I can knock over a few I think.
I don't think you can.
Let's practice from the beginning of the course.
Honestly, it looks I might fail this driving test.
02
It ran over by almost an hour.
Situation
How did the meeting go?
Long.
It ran over by almost an hour.
An hour?
That’s not a meeting, that’s captivity.
I know.
My coffee ran out before the meeting did.
Writer's Note
"Run over" is a transitive, intransitive, and inseparable phrasal verb.
- Transitive - Verbs that require a direct object in order to complete its meaning.
Structure: "Verb + Particle + Object (object must come after “over”)"
Example 1: Let’s run over the plan one more time.
Example 2: She almost ran over a squirrel on the road.
Example 3: They accidentally ran over the curb while parking. - Intransitive - Verbs that do not require an object to complete its meaning.
Structure: "Subject + Verb + Particle"
Example 1: The meeting ran over by twenty minutes.
Example 2: Our class ran over, so I was late.
Example 3: The podcast ran over a little longer than expected.
Structure: "Subject + Verb + Particle (+ Place)"
Example 1: I’ll run over after work.
Example 2: She will run over to your house in a minute.
Example 3: Let me run over and drop it off. - Inseparable - When the verb and particle stay together.
Structure: "Verb + particle +object", the object must come after the particle.
Example 1: The car ran over the cone.
Example 2: Let’s run over the plan.
Example 3: Can we run over the notes once more?
Related words: Check over, come over, drop by, exceed, flood, go over, go over time, hit, knock down, look through, mow down, overrun, pop in, pour over, review, run down, run long, run through, spill over, stop by, strike, surge, swing by, summarize
