| 单词 | run over |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto run over to run over 1. intransitive. a. Of liquid, or granular matter: to flow over the brim or side of a container; to spill over; to overflow. Also figurative. Cf. overrun v. 6. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up space [verb (intransitive)] > be or become full > to overflowing > to flow over the sides overflowOE to run overa1500 a1500 (c1410) Dives & Pauper (Hunterian) (1976) i. 319 (MED) Onon a tonne þat lay þer besyde voyde sodeynly was so ful of olee þat þe olee ran ouyr in þe flor. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke vi. 38 Good measure, pressed doune, shaken to gedder, and runnynge over, shall men geve. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at s'Enfuir The wine spils, or runnes ouer, at the top of. 1680 A. Littleton 61 Serm. 182 Like the widows oile, it [sc. grace] runs over, and fills the neighbours Vessels. 1745 J. Swift Direct. to Servants 55 Carry up your Coffee boldly, and when your Lady..examines you whether it has not run over, deny the Fact absolutely. 1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 247 Its contents swell, and might run over without this precaution. c1820 S. Rogers Venice in Italy 17 As though the wealth within them had run o'er. 1853 O. W. Holmes Poem Amer. Med. Assoc. 78 The selfsame founts her chalice fill With showery sunlight running over. 1879 U.S. Patent 215,679 2/1 The cask or casks being closed, none of the beer wastes by running over. 1902 Trans. Manch. Geol. Soc. 27 386 Filling the tank until the water ran over at a definite outlet provided. 1998 Z. Jackson Blessings x. 193 Zuma grabbed her chest as her emotions began to run over. 2007 J. Young Orange Slipknot i. 13 When the water started to run over, he shut it off. b. Of a container, etc. (sometimes in extended use, of the eyes): to overflow, esp. with liquid; to be overfilled with. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > overflow > [verb (intransitive)] > of a vessel overfloweOE runc1225 overruna1450 to run over1530 shed1601 overbrim1607 to set over1608 to well over1843 the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > take up space [verb (intransitive)] > be or become full > to overflowing overfloweOE to run over1530 swim1548 burst1563 to set over1608 swellc1616 to brim over1858 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 693 The potte ronneth over, le pot sen fuyt. 1541 T. Elyot Image of Gouernance xx. f. 36 The stynkyng canelles of vyce, which ones being brymme ful, sodeynly runneth ouer through the citie. 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida v. sig. H2 Boy keele your mouth, it runnes ouer. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 198 Now was my heart full of joy,..and mine affections running over with Love. View more context for this quotation 1726 W. R. Chetwood Voy. & Adventures Capt. R. Boyle 41 At the reading of this Paper, my Heart ran over with Contentment. 1775 G. White Jrnl. 10 Feb. (1970) viii. 97 Peter Wells's well runs over. 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice I. ii. iii. 22 When the heart is full of affection, the eyes easily run over. 1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 23/2 His coffers were running over with gold. 1879 A. Trollope Thackeray ii. 76 His mind was running over with the idea. 1903 Sunday School Jrnl. Apr. 296/1 Show a cup..part full, then fill it till it runs over. 1930 D. Cheney Son of Minos v. 41 Bride of the sun, procreant Whose breasts run over with milk. 1946 Life 9 Dec. 112/2 He reaches the governorship with eyes running over with tears and a heart running over with love. 2002 S. Home 69 Things to do with Dead Princess xi. 154 One of the stones..has a cavity in its top..which could contain an English pint without running over. c. archaic and literary. my cup runneth over (and variants): used to indicate that one has even more of something than one would have hoped for or believed possible. Also (with humorous allusion to this) ——runneth over: expressing that something (typically something desirable) is extremely plentiful.With biblical allusion to Psalms 23:5 ‘Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.’ ΚΠ 1560 Bible (Geneva) Psalms xxiii. 5 My cup runneth ouer. 1631 J. Ball Treat. Faith ii. viii. 367 He that is silent, expecting Gods helpe when meanes faile, cannot sit still when meanes be at hand, nor lauish indiscreetly when his cup runneth ouer. 1764 J. Turner Diary 6 Sept. in M. Wells Triumph of Faith (1787) 112 Lost in wonder..at the great things the Lord hath done for me in a temporal way:..goods, house, friends... My cup runneth over. 1806 G. Clayton Affectionate Reception of Gospel i. 2 Happy is the man, who..can acknowledge the blessings of health and safety, friendship and competence..: ‘His cup runneth over.’ 1942 Yank 19 Aug. 8/2 The Kits Runneth Over. An inventory of the Unit's equipment reads like the Sears Roebuck catalog. 2004 L. Barnes Deep Pockets xviii. 149 He gave me a look to make sure I knew what he was telling me. Two in as many days... My cup runneth over. 2021 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 21 Oct. 29 (heading) Pub deals runneth over as lockdown blues dissipate. 2. transitive. a. To restate, repeat, or recount, esp. briefly or summarily; to tell over again; to recapitulate. Cf. to run over —— 2a at Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > narration > narrate, relate, or tell [verb (transitive)] > rapidly or succinctly to run over1536 compend1606 1536 R. Taverner tr. P. Melanchthon Confessyon Fayth Germaynes sig. F.iijv We haue ronne ouer breuely a fewe reasons for our defense. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 471 I will..runne over briefly those which are more memorable. 1695 J. Addison Poem to His Majesty 8 But who can run the Brittish Triumphs o're, And count the Flames disperst on ev'ry Shore? 1734 J. Baker Hist. Inquisition xii. 179 These were but preludious Suspicions to farther Evidence, which I will run over as briefly as I can. 1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting II. iii. 142 The particulars of his life have been often written, and therefore I shall run them over very briefly. 1824 Amer. Sunday School Teachers' Mag. June 213 We..repeat incessantly..the most trite things, run them over one hundred times. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxii. 217 Will you run over, once again, what the boy said? 1914 C. M. Fuess Sel. Ess. p. x The names of the great English essayists as we run them over—Bacon, Addison, Lamb, [etc.]. 1974 W. C. Booth Mod. Dogma & Rhetoric of Assent ii. 78 Just palpitate with me, as I run over once again the pious platitudes of the modernist credo. 1996 J. Lanchester Debt to Pleasure (1997) 189 But perhaps first I should run over a few general sort of thingies, one doesn't like to call them rules, but I suppose that's what they are. b. To glance or look over; = to run over —— 2b at Phrasal verbs 2. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > scan or look over to look through ——?1536 to run over ——1555 overcast1570 to run over1571 pervise1577 transview1602 scour1909 1571 E. Grant tr. Plutarch President for Parentes sig. C.iij A child that is capable of wit and learning ought to..runne ouer with the glimse of his eyes, many beautifull and resplendent sciences. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. x. 236 We are taught to cast our eyes over-it, in running it over by divers glances,..and reiterated reprisings. 1681 in Trans. Shropshire Archæol. Soc. (1905) 5 210 I have read or rather cursorily run it over. 1719–20 J. Swift Let. to Young Gentleman (1721) 16 On Sunday Morning, [he] took care to run it [sc. his sermon] over five or six times. 1796 Ld. Nelson 1 Dec. in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) II. 307 I send you some papers of Troubridge. You will like to run them over. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary III. xii. 255 He broke the seal hastily, run the letter over, and then threw it to his daughter. 1877 E. C. Ingersoll Let. 3 Apr. in H. E. Kittredge Ingersoll (1911) v. 103 I recd. yours with report of your speech at Chicago. I ran it over hurriedly and saw you had made the best of all your political speeches. 1910 Herald of Gospel-liberty 9 June 736/1 I have had to steal the time to run it over, and you know a hasty reading does not give one the best conception of any book. 1930 Athens (Ohio) Messenger 28 May 3/2 She ran them [sc. letters] over with perfunctory interest until she came to one of odd shape. c. To pass in review in the mind, memory, etc.; to review, think over, remind oneself of. Cf. to run over —— 2c at Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ society > communication > reading > [verb (transitive)] > skim or browse or skip skip1526 launch1570 to run over1577 rufflea1631 leaf1663 to run through1670 to dip into1682 skim1739 thumb-read1825 browse1903 thumb1930 riffle1938 riff1942 skim-read1954 skip-read1977 the mind > mental capacity > thought > think or have in mind [verb (transitive)] > review rapidly to run over1710 schoon1959 1577 R. Curteys tr. Hugh of St. Victor Expos. S. Paule to Romaynes sig. B.ij Nowe let vs runne ouer againe from the beginning, the foresaide braunches. 1626 R. Bolton Some Gen. Direct. for Comfortable Walking with God (ed. 2) 308 He..runs ouer in his mind with an humble rauishing commemoration, the heauenly footsteps, and mighty works of the holy Ghost. 1685 H. Killigrew Serm. xxi. 386 The Spouse..numbers up and runs over in her Thoughts the manifold Graces that are in Christ. 1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 157. ⁋3 I ran over in my Thoughts the several Characters. 1798 C. Smith Young Philosopher IV. 336 Running over in his mind all the distress that at once awaited his Medora. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 226/1 A man who knew..a great many regular scavagers, ‘ran them over’, and came to the conclusion [etc.]. 1913 A. H. Adams Knight of Motor Launch iv. 47 He ran expeditiously over in his memory all the nieces he had been in love with. 1972 N.Y. Mag. 28 Aug. 49/3 Peter Serkin's marvelous performance of the Goldberg Variations, which I find I am still running over in my mind weeks after the event. 2005 A. Stemple Singer of Souls vii. 125 I ran it over in my mind, trying to change the memory into something heroic. 3. transitive. To pass over the surface of (something) with. Cf. sense 38. ΚΠ 1625 G. Markham Inrichm. Weald of Kent 23 Run all your ground ouer with a paire of backe-harrowes..and it will breake the Mould as small as ashes. 1685 G. Langbaine Hunter v. 60 Strip him [sc. a horse] of his Clothes, and run him over with your Curry-comb, French Brush, Hair Patch, and Wollen Cloath. 1703 P. Motteux et al. tr. M. de Cervantes Hist. Don Quixote III. 319 If they wou'd run it over with a Razor too, so much the better. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. xvi. 311 Just to rin the beast ower wi' a dry wisp o' strae. 1879 Eng. Mechanic & World of Sci. 4 Apr. 93/3 When dry run it over with fine sandpaper and polish with French polish. 1901 Trees, Fruits, & Flowers Minnesota 29 309 It is a surprise to see how much one can do with it even after having run the ground over with an Acme harrow. 1919 Punch 24 Dec. 536/2 I pointed out 'ow they [sc. skeletons] collected the dust, an' suggested running 'em over with a cleaning rag an' a bit of blanco to freshen 'em up. 2001 C. Bray Dict. Glass (ed. 2) 72/1 Ensuring that it is perfectly flat—if necessary, first running it over with a diamond abrasive pad. 4. intransitive. To change one's allegiance; = to go over 2a at go v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > desert one's party or principles declinec1374 starta1450 revert?a1525 to fall away1535 to turn (one's) tippet1546 revolt1549 shrink1553 to turn one's coat1565 to come over1576 apostate1596 to change (one's) sides1596 defect1596 renegade1611 to change foot1618 to run over1643 to face about1645 apostatize1648 tergiverse1675 tergiversate1678 desert1689 apostasize1696 renegado1731 rat1810 to cross the floor1822 turncoat1892 to take (the) soup1907 turn1977 1643 M. Newcomen Craft Churches Adversaries 8 The lesuites have a practice of running over to the Lutheran Church, pretending to be converts. 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety iii. 47 We are the same desertors whether we stay in our own Camp, or run over to the enemies. 1700 S. L. tr. C. Schweitzer Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 227 Running over from the Christians to some Heathenish King. 1751 J. Wesley Let. Dec. (1931) III. 318 Two-and-fifty of Kingswood Society ran over to Calvinism. 1817 M. Edgeworth Harrington iii. 64 If you have a mind to rat, rat sans phrase, and run over to the Jewish side. I always thought you were a Jew at heart. 1876 G. Harwood Disestablishment viii. 399 When the middle territory between extreme Protestantism and Roman Catholicism is depopulated, all its people will run over to the extreme Protestantism. 1945 Reader's Digest July 106/2 How many of them have run over to the enemy and betrayed their Fatherland, day after day? 1999 L. Landvik Tall Pine Polka (2001) vii. 62 Just because she was lapsed didn't mean she was ready to run over to the heretical Lutheran side. ΚΠ 1699 tr. H. de Blancourt Art of Glass ccxii. 282 Let it dry for two Days; after this run it over again with the same Wash..and let it dry two Days longer. 6. transitive. Of a vehicle, its driver, etc.: to knock down and pass over (someone); to injure or kill by knocking down; = to run over —— 1 at Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [verb (transitive)] > run over with vehicle to run over1860 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [verb (transitive)] > knock down with vehicle > and run over to run over1860 1860 M. Oliphant in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 656/2 A carriage..darted under the arch of the gateway, almost running him over. 1891 N. Amer. Rev. Sept. 309 A hansom cab, with two men in it, attempted to run him over. 1915 ‘I. Hay’ First Hundred Thousand vi. 45 The soldier will open the throttle to its full extent and run the officer over. 1970 P. Laurie Scotl. Yard iii. 69 The one getting in slams the door and roars off, nearly running my mate over. 1978 Daily Tel. 1 Nov. 19/6 Mann appeared to be more concerned about the damage to his motor-cycle than the youth he had run over. 2001 New Statesman 15 Oct. 55 She has already tried to run Doris over in her car, and has served a prison sentence as a consequence. 7. intransitive. To exceed the time allotted, to last longer than expected; to overrun. Cf. to run over —— 7 at Phrasal verbs 2, overrun v. 10.Also with complement specifying by how much the allotted time is exceeded. ΚΠ 1864 G. Ticknor Life William Hickling Prescott ii. 17 He would be sure not to run one minute over, however he might sometimes fall short of the full time for learning a particular lesson. 1920 100%: Efficiency Mag. (U.S.) Nov. 52/1 This allows one hour for meeting on the company's time, and if the meeting runs over, it is on the men's time. 1943 War Labor Rep. 3 247/2 It is frequently impossible to schedule runs in such a fashion so as to utilize the full workweek without running a few hours over. 1969 E. B. Feldman Housek. Handbk. for Inst., Business & Industry viii. 86 As a general rule, the industrial engineer is a few minutes early for each appointment and begins to get nervous if a timed event begins to run five minutes over. 1988 J. Bacia Shadows of Power 29 Forgive me. The meeting ran over and the traffic was hell. 2006 L. Wang Discrim. by Default i. 3 Although she tried very hard to make it back to school in time for class, the appointment ran over and Li got to campus just after class had ended. to run over —— to run over —— 1. intransitive. Of a horse, (in later use more commonly) a vehicle or its driver, etc.: to pass over (a person, etc., knocked down or lying in the way); to knock down and pass over; to injure or kill by doing this. Also in extended use. Cf. to run over 6 at Phrasal verbs 1. a. In active use. ΚΠ c1400 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (BL Add.) f. 82v Hi..harled hym forþ fillyche..In a foul pludde in þe stret suþþe me hym slong & arnde ouer hym myd hors. a1470 T. Malory Morte Darthur (Winch. Coll. 13) (1990) II. 686 He made his horse to renne over sir Bleoberys. 1640 J. Mabbe tr. M. de Cervantes Exemplarie Novells iv. 193 He ran athwart..just in such an ill conjuncture of time, that he could not avoyd a Horses running over him... He ranne over him, and left him stretcht on the ground for dead. 1652 R. Zouche Cases & Questions resolved in Civil-law iv. ii. 105 The Carters withdrew themselves, for feare least the Cart might have runne over them. 1735 Lives Most Remarkable Criminals I. 222 Catching them by the Arm, crying out, there's a Coach will run over ye. 1792 Universal Mag. July 16/1 A young Frenchman of quality, driving his English friend in his phaeton, through the streets of Paris, ran over a poor labouring man, who was instantly killed. 1831 La Belle Assemblée May 216/1 His britschka ran over a black child in Park-lane. 1861 Business Life (ed. 2) 144 An omnibus was racing against another..and the driver ran over a man, and killed him. 1925 F. S. Fitzgerald Great Gatsby ix. 215 He ran over Myrtle like you'd run over a dog and never even stopped his car. 1956 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 1 May 4/8 As I went out the door, a covey of school kids ran over me again. 1985 P. Auster N.Y. Trilogy (1988) i. viii. 60 Once a car nearly ran over him as he was crossing the street. 2008 J. B. Stanley Stiffs & Swine x. 129 He ran over him! That son of a bitch deliberately ran over my husband. b. In prepositional passive. ΚΠ 1674 R. Hooke Diary 17 July (1935) 113 Walkd to Exchange. Almost run over by a coach. 1692 J. Edwards Farther Enq. Old & New Test. 153 He dropped down, and was run over by a Cart or Wagon that came by at that time. 1735 Lives Most Remarkable Criminals I. 214 His Wife..was ran over by a Dray and kill'd upon the Spot. 1794 J. Woodforde Diary 15 Feb. (1929) IV. 96 A very young Man coming back from Norwich to day with an empty Waggon, falling under it was run over by it. 1796 Universal Mag. Sept. 220/2 This mail coach came driving up at a furious rate, in consequence of which the boy..was run over, and wounded in such a manner, that he died. 1811 A. de Beauclerc Ora & Juliet III. 30 The alarm of Mr. Belford's being ran over the night before. 1880 Chic (N.Y.) 22 Sept. 12/1 This was the thanks I got for savin' her from bein' run over and kilt. 1954 T. S. Eliot Confidential Clerk iii. 109 Eggerson:..Unfortunately, the father died suddenly... Lady Elizabeth: He was run over. By a rhinoceros In Tanganyika. 1957 C. Brooke-Rose Lang. of Love 15 She jay-walked through the traffic-jam of St. Giles, vaguely hoping to be run over. 1989 D. Leavitt Equal Affections 101 You look like you just got run over on the highway. 2002 Toronto Star 25 Sept. a31/5 A Georgian College student suffered serious injuries after he was run over by a car in the drive-through of a McDonald's restaurant. 2. intransitive. a. To restate or repeat; to recapitulate; = to run over 2a at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > repetition > repeat [verb (transitive)] doublec1380 naitc1400 reportc1405 repeat1427 renewa1464 iterate1533 resume1535 to run over ——1538 redouble1580 to go over ——1583 re-say1583 reclaim1590 ingeminate1594 reword1604 reassume1631 reutter1632 oversay1639 to fetch over1642 reassert1647 1538 M. Coverdale tr. M. Luther Expos. Magnificat sig. L.viiv Yet is he not contente to haue brefely runne ouer them, but..he doth now dilate and declare them more largelyer in the other fore verses followynge. 1586 Queen Elizabeth I in R. Norton tr. W. Camden Hist. Eliz. (1630) iii. 102 Not to giue any answer till he had run ouer the letters of the Alphabet. 1654 ‘Palaemon’ Friendship 25 'Twere extreamly tedious to run over all the Vices and shew how they were particularly exclusory of Friendship. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela III. xvii. 88 As we are always running over old Stories, when we are alone. 1793 Trial of Fyshe Palmer 83 Mr. Burnet next proceeded to run over the evidence. 1833 W. Howitt Pop. Hist. Priestcraft 59 Let us now briefly run over the great features of priestcraft in Greece. 1878 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 605/1 We shall rapidly run over the leading details of our recent relations with the Ameer. 1922 D. Karsner Talks with Debs in Terre Haute 74 I felt rather embarrassed at running over the story of the parents of Debs, who sat before me. 1962 Classical Philol. 57 146/1 It might be well to run over the principal aspects of Juvenal's program. 2002 O. North & J. Musser Mission Compromised xiv. 342 Let's run over the high points one last time. b. To glance or look over; to read, scan, or survey, esp. quickly or cursorily. Cf. to run over 2b at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > scan or look over to look through ——?1536 to run over ——1555 overcast1570 to run over1571 pervise1577 transview1602 scour1909 1555 N. Ridley Let. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1583) II. 1725/2 I haue runne ouer all your papers. 1557 R. Edgeworth Serm. very Fruitfull Pref. sig. ✠ iiv Perusing, yea rather superficiallie runninge ouer suche sermons as I haue preached in times past. 1573 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 51 If he wuld but..take the pains to run over the title concerning the Proctor's office. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iii. ii. 140 You..beare the Inuentory Of your best Graces, in your minde; the which You were now running o're. View more context for this quotation 1697 H. Wanley Let. 21 Sept. (1989) 75 I have run over Boxhornius, and there I find he stands stifly for Harlaem against Bernardus Mallincrotius. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 91. ⁋4 He ran over, with a laughing Eye, Crastin's thin Legs, meagre Looks, and spare Body. 1789 F. Burney Diary 6 Sept. (1842) V. 61 I was finishing a charming sermon of Blair, while she was running over some old newspapers. 1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet III. viii. 228 ‘Look at it yourself...’ Fairford ran over the affidavit and the warrant. 1842 Universalist Union 7 May 393/2 In running over recent papers, we find the following names. 1852 C. Anderson Let. in H. Anderson Life & Lett. C. Anderson (1854) xi. 448 I have run over Taylor, but I must look at p. 63 again. 1919 C. B. Jordan tr. V. B. Ibáñez Mare Nostrum 338 One day, running over some forgotten papers in a suit-case, he came across Freya's portrait. 1991 T. Clancy Sum of all Fears iii. 62 Ryan turned on the West Bend drip machine behind his desk before running over the notes from the night-duty staff. 2001 J. W. Herman Three Dirty Women & Bitter Brew xiii. 112 Quickly he ran over the article that Leo kept in his wallet. c. To review, think over; = to run over 2c at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > thought > think or have in mind [verb (transitive)] > think out out-thinka1382 to think outa1382 musea1400 excogitatec1530 to run over ——1565 to think through1748 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Cogitatio To runne ouer many thynges in mynde and cogitacion. a1708 W. Beveridge Thes. Theologicus (1711) III. 145 Examine, whether you be sincere or no; run over the Particulars in your mind. 1727 J. Swift On Dreams in Misc. Last vol. ii. 298 The busy Head..runs o'er The Scenes and Actions of the Day before. 1741 I. Watts Improvem. Mind i. i. 17 The Pythagoreans..every Evening thrice run over the Actions and Affairs of the Day. 1823 N.-Y. Mirror 13 Sept. 50/3 I began to run over the events of the day that was gone. 1872 J. H. Ewing in Aunt Judy's Christmas Vol. 212 These were what he had gone to town to fetch, and he ran over them in his mind as he came along, to be sure they were all right. 1954 I. Murdoch Under Net xii. 165 I ran over various moves in my mind. 1988 D. Madden Birds of Innocent Wood iii. 50 Jane listened attentively and later she would run over it again and again in her mind. 2001 K. Follett Jackdaws (2002) xlvi. 400 He nervously ran over the events of the previous evening, asking himself if he had done everything possible. d. To go over again with some process; to redo, retouch. Also in prepositional passive. Cf. to run over 5 at Phrasal verbs 1. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > repeating > repeat (an action) [verb (transitive)] > go over again with some process to go over ——1560 to run over ——1580 1580 T. Churchyard Plaine Rep. Daungerous Seruice sig. d.iii My booke of Choice, that was ouer hastely Printed, and must be runne ouer againe. 1608 T. Middleton Your Fiue Gallants sig. E4v The pictuers are all new run ouer againe. 1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. Ss 4v/3 To run over his work again, repasser, revoir, retoucher son Ouvrage. 1843 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 4 i. 70 If..the turnips have been well hoed once, it is of comparatively little importance whether they are ‘run over’ again. 1917 Ann. Rep. Secretary for Agric. Nova Scotia 1916 iii. 27 In midsummer run over the trees again, and cut back any laterals that are robbing the leader. 3. intransitive. To touch (beads, the keys of a piano, etc.) in quick succession; to go over with the hand or fingers. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (transitive)] > pass the hand over to run over ——1667 to pass over ——1805 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > perform (music) [verb (transitive)] > specific style or technique squeak1577 tinkle1582 divide1590 shake1611 slur1746 da capo1764 rattlea1766 to run over ——1789 skirl1818 spread?1822 develop1838 arpeggio1864 propose1864 recapitulate1873 jazz1915 lilt1916 jazzify1927 thump1929 schmaltz1936 belt1947 stroke1969 funkify1973 scratch1984 scratch-mix1985 1577 R. Willes in R. Willes & R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Hist. Trauayle W. & E. Indies f. 259v They runne ouer their beades, humbly asking of Amida and Xaca wealth, honour, good health, and euerlastyng ioyes. 1667 S. Pepys Diary 24 Dec. (1974) VIII. 588 That they do run over their beads with one hand, and..make signs with the other. 1789 A. M. Bennett Agnes de-Courci I. xxii. 227 While the chocolate was getting ready, Agnes ran over the keys of the organ. 1825 New Monthly Mag. 14 314 He hastily ran over the beads of a rosary. 1895 E. N. Blair Lisbeth Wilson xxvii. 292 Mr. Baker ran over the strings a moment, then played while the young girls sang the song of ‘Ruth’. 1913 A. B. Reeve Dream Doctor i. 23 Quickly Craig ran over the keys of the machine [sc. a typewriter] until he had a sample of every character. 2008 Lang Lang & D. Ritz Journey of Thousand Miles i. 31 I realized that to play the pieces that I loved—to be able to run over the keys like Tom chasing Jerry—I needed to practice. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)] > pass over without adequate attention skip1412 slip1513 to run over ——1577 overtripa1583 scanta1616 slight1620 slur1660 slur1725 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > do, deal with, acquire, etc., quickly [verb (transitive)] > do hurriedly and carelessly > go through or over to run over ——1577 slubber1592 huddle1648 scuffle1844 slur1857 1577 M. Hanmer tr. Evagrius Scholasticus vi. xxiii, in Aunc. Eccl. Hist. 512 If I haue omitted ought..or lightly runne ouer any matter. 1611 M. Smith in Bible (King James) Pref. ⁋14 Neither did we run ouer the worke with that posting haste that the Septuagint did. 5. intransitive. Originally: to sing or play the notes of (a scale). Hence: to range over (a scale of values, possibilities, etc.). Cf. sense 74b. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > condition or state of being inclusive > include [verb (transitive)] > in a class, description, or reckoning accounta1464 lap1552 include1575 shroud1593 comprise1597 list1622 classicate1654 classa1658 distribute1664 to run over ——1724 immerse1734 group1759 compute1818 classify1854 count1857 to ring in1916 1724 R. Samber tr. B. Castiglione Courtier ii. 18 [They] renew their Discourse in such a Tone as if they were running over the Gamut. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1763 I. 251 He ran over the grand scale of human knowledge; advised me to select some particular branch to excel in, but to acquire a little of every kind. 1821 London Lit. Gaz. 24 Feb. 126/3 Her principal piece was more like a chromatick exercise than anything else; for except running over the gamut, it has neither musical beginning, middle, or end. 1833 Paris: Bk. One-hundred-and-one III. 267 The commentaries..run over the whole varied scale of probabilities, in matters of suicide. 1881 S. R. Gardiner & J. B. Mullinger Introd. Study Eng. Hist. i. vi. 109 The whole gamut of human passion and feeling was run over. 1910 N.Y. State Jrnl. Med. 10 388/1 In running over the octave the person passes from the set of muscular adjustments required for the chest register to an entirely different set required for the head register. 1956 J. K. Feibleman Inst. of Society vi. 78 Beliefs are acquired and subsequent attitudes formed..as freely, say, as it is possible to run over the range of the values of a variable. 1961 J. B. Wilson Reason & Morals i. ii. 30 They do not have much use for climbing up and down the ladder of ends and means, or running over the scale of their moral criteria. 2000 S. T. Ali et al. Coherent States, Wavelets & their Generalizations xi. 247 The parameter j..runs over the continuous range ½ < j = 1/κ < ∞. 6. intransitive. a. U.S. colloquial. To treat with contempt, humiliate; to push (a person) around. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > treat with contempt unworthc950 to make scorn at, toc1320 to take in vainc1330 despise1377 rebuke?a1400 despite1481 indign1490 to make a mumming of1523 flock1545 scandalize1566 to make coarse account of1578 misregard1582 overpeer1583 to make a pish at (also of)1593 to make a push at1600 to bite by the nose1602 blurta1625 to piss ona1625 to make wash-way of, with1642 trample1646 huff1677 snouch1761 to walk over (the course)1779 to run over ——1816 snoot1928 shaft1959 1816 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 23 Apr. An energetic man..who would command and direct, and not suffer himself to be run over and ruled by men of his own creation. 1836 Spirit of Times 9 July 162/2 I would not advise any man to run over me, for I ask no man any odds further than civility. 1846 Southport (Wisconsin Territory) Amer. 17 Oct. 1/6 By what means has the South been enabled to run over us in this way? 1914 B. Tarkington Penrod xxv. 264 I've stood enough around here for one day, and you can't run over me, Georgie Bassett. 1963 W. Inge Nat. Affection (1991) ii. ii. 61 You dames think you can run right over a man, don't ya? Kick him, insult him, and he's not gonna do anything in return. 2009 Environment & Energy Daily (Nexis) 30 Mar. As long as they don't try to just run over us, we can work things out. b. Sport. To defeat comprehensively or overwhelmingly; to play significantly better than. ΚΠ 1896 Daily Mail 29 Oct. 6/5 The Cantabs strengthened their team by the inclusion of Mendelson and Carey, and after the first fifteen minutes ran over their opponents. 1931 Times 30 Mar. 6/3 From the kickoff Old Millhillians ran over their opponents and gave promise of a large score. 1954 Bee (Danville, Va.) 22 Apr. b11/4 He began running over the other two-year-olds. Watching him virtually loaf along until the head of the stretch and then bound into the lead and pull away, we experienced once again the thrill of seeing a champion in action. 2000 G. Evans Play like Man, Win like Woman 144 The guys don't feel guilty because they won, or because they ran over the opposition. 7. intransitive. To exceed (the time allotted); to carry on past (a time limit). Cf. to run over 7 at Phrasal verbs 1.Also with complement specifying by how much the allotted time is exceeded. ΚΠ 1864 German Reformed Messenger 21 Sept. 2/4 Let a man preach never so well, if he runs five minutes over the time, he is put down as a drone. 1871 G. R. Cathcart Cathcart's Youth's Speaker cxxxiii. 140 Time's up, Sly... If I catch you running over time again, I'll wallop you! 1900 N.Y. Times 6 May 10/5 The, first period showed the closeness of the struggle, as actual play ran three minutes over the limit. 1914 Survey 21 Nov. 203/2 The men were so boisterous and hearty in their applause that the show ran an hour over the time scheduled. 1958 A. R. Block Love is Four Let. Word 117 She had sent Augusta back to the house as soon as she knew the picture would run over the scheduled shooting time. 1994 Billboard 26 Mar. 58/2 The ceremony ran over its allocated time by an hour. < as lemmas |
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