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