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run interferencerun into
run low
run low on
Run of stars
run of the mill
run off
run off with
run on
run one's mouth
run out
run out of
run out of steam
run out on
run out the clock
run past
run ragged
run rings around
run riot
run roughshod
run short
run short of
Run steel
run the gamut of
run the gauntlet
run the hazard
run the numbers
run the risk
run the table
run through
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
v
1: injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle [syn: run down, run over]
2: flow or run over (a limit or brim) [syn: overflow, overrun, well over, run over, brim over]
Merriam Webster's
verb Date: 15th centuryintransitive verb 1. to exceed a limit2. overflowtransitive verb 1. to go over, examine, repeat, or rehearse quickly2. to collide with, knock down, and often drive over< ran over a dog >
Collin's Cobuild Dictionary
If a vehicle or its driver runs a person or animal over, it knocks them down or drives over them. You can always run him over and make it look like an accident... He ran over a six-year-old child as he was driving back from a party. = knock down, run down PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n
Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms
I. (Active.) 1. Pass over. 2. Recount (cursorily). II. (Neuter.) Overflow.
Moby Thesaurus
abound, autopsy, battologize, bristle with, brood over, browse, call off, call over, call the roll, canvass, cascade, cataract, census, check, check out, check over, check up on, chew over, con over, count, crawl with, creep with, deliberate over, deliberate upon, deluge, digest, dip into, engulf, enumerate, examine, exuberate, fill, flood, flow, foliate, give an encore, give an examination, glance over, glance through, go over, go through, gush, hit and run, inspect, inundate, iterate, look at, look over, measure, meditate upon, monitor, mull over, muse on, muse over, nip, number, numerate, observe, overbrim, overfill, overflow, overhaul, overlook, override, overrun, overwhelm, pad, page, paginate, pass over, pass under review, peer at, peruse, poll, ponder over, pore over, postmortem, pour, pour out, pour over, practice, proliferate, quantify, quantize, rain, reaffirm, reassert, recapitulate, recite, recount, reflect over, rehash, rehearse, reissue, reiterate, reprint, restate, resume, retail, retell, review, revolve, reword, ride down, ride over, ride roughshod over, ruminate over, run down, run through, say over, say over again, scan, scrutinize, set an examination, shower, size, size up, skim, slop, slosh, spill, spill out, spill over, stream, study, submerge, sum up, summarize, survey, swamp, swarm with, sweep, take stock of, take the measure, tally, tautologize, teem, teem with, tell, think over, thumb over, thumb through, trample, trample on, trample underfoot, trample upon, tread upon, turn over, whelm
