Meaning

• To exceed the allotted time.

  "The previous presentation ran over and ours had to start late."

• To cross by running.

  "The athletes must run over the bridge to reach the finish line."

• To drive over, causing injury or death.

  "Can you believe somebody would just run over a cat like that?"

• To describe briefly; to summarize or recapitulate.

  "Before we start the project, let's just run over who is doing what."

• To rehearse quickly.

  "You'd better run over your statement before going on the platform."

• To overflow.

  "The bath water nearly ran over."

• To score a try.

• To have rotation in such direction that the crank pin traverses the upper, or front, half of its path in the forward, or outward, stroke; said of a crank which drives, or is driven by, a reciprocating piece.