run sb/sth over
— phrasal verb with run uk/rʌn/us/rʌn/verb present participle running, past tense ran, past participle run
B2 If a vehicle or its driver runs over someone or something, the vehicle hits and drives over him, her, or it:
I think we've just run a rabbit over.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
On the road: accidents involving vehicles
- car crash
- collide
- collision
- crash
- crash-land
- fender bender
- head-on
- jackknife
- knock
- overshoot
- plough
- prang
- rear-end
- road toll
- run (sth) down
- sideswipe
- skid
- stack up
- wipe
- write-off
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