run over phrasal verb ( see also ↑ run )
1 . run somebody/something ↔ over to hit someone or something with a vehicle, and drive over them:
He was run over and killed by a bus.
She got run over outside the school.
2 . run over something to think about something:
Mark’s mind raced, running over all the possibilities.
3 . run over something to explain or practise something quickly:
I’ll just run over the main points again.
4 . run over (something) to continue happening for longer than planned:
The meeting ran over.
The talks have run over the 15 November deadline.
5 . if a container runs over, there is so much liquid inside that some flows out SYN overflow