run over

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to hit someone or something with a vehicle and pass over them

   Phrasal verb · Separable

   run someone over / run over someone / run something over / run over something

   Usage: The vehicle or driver is the subject; the person or thing struck is the object. A pronoun precedes over.

   The cyclist braked sharply to avoid being run over by the turning lorry.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   The cyclist braked sharply to avoid being run over by the turning lorry.

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