run over

Questions about run over

What does run over mean?

run over means "injure or kill by knocking (someone or something) down and passing over the body, as with a vehicle". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for run over?

Close synonyms include run down, overflow, overrun, well over, brim over. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is run over a common word?

run over is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.