Translations for „run over“ in the English » German Dictionary

I . run over VB trans

to run over ⇆ sb/sth

jdn/etw überfahren

II . run over VB intr

1. run over (exceed):

to run over time

überziehen

2. run over (overflow):

run over water, bath, sink

überlaufen

3. run over (review):

to run over sth

etw durchgehen

she quickly ran over her speech before going onstage

vor ihrem Auftritt ging sie ihre Rede noch einmal kurz durch

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to run over time

überziehen

to run one's eye over sth

etw überfliegen

I narrowly missed being run over

ich wäre fast überfahren worden

to run the rule over sth

überprüfen, ob etw in Ordnung ist

I came within a whisker of being run over today

ich wäre heute beinahe überfahren worden

what do you care if I get myself run over?

dir ist es doch egal, wenn ich mich überfahren lasse!

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

When we run over libraries, persuaded of these principles, what havoc must we make?

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He claimed that he feared for his life and that he could have fallen out of the moving vehicle and been run over.

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We wish to go to work and do not want white men to run over us.

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This kind of race is most commonly run over one or more laps of a triangular course marked by a number of buoys.

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The race is run over a vigorous 10 km, mostly uphill, course.

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The series was run over six rounds with a rider's best three scores counting towards the championship.

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At present there are 6 conventions (many of them run over 23 identical weekends).

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In 1920, a woman fell from a train carriage near the tunnel entry, and was run over by the train, dying eight days later.

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In outdoor environments, they can be run over with a vehicle.

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The credits then run over a reversed version of the theme tune.

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