Run Over: (4)

Grammar Tense Structure:

  • Present Tense: run / runs over
  • Past Tense: ran over
  • Past Participle: run over
  • Present Participle: running over

1: When you hit an animal or person with a vehicle, you run them over

separable & non-separable phrasal verb

  • She accidentally ran over her cat in the driveway.
  • She ran the cat over as she wasn’t paying attention.
  • Be very careful crossing the road or you will get run over.
  • Be careful crossing the road or they will run you over!

2: When the liquid in a container overflows out if it, it runs over

non-separable phrasal verb

  • I forgot I was running a bath and it ran over. The bathroom was flooded!
  • Be careful when you are pouring that tea, it’s running over the sides of the cup!

3: When something exceeds it’s limit, it runs over

non-separable phrasal verb

  •  The Hollywood blockbuster movie ran over its budget by 50 million!!
  •  The concert finished late and it ran over it’s allotted time!

4: To quickly think of something as a rehearsal or reminder

separable & non-separable phrasal verb

  • I’ve ran over the instructions three times and still don’t know what to do!
  • She keeps running it over and over in her mind so she if she can remember something specific

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