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  1. Run over vs. Ran over [by a car] | WordReference Forums

    Feb 17, 2005 · Saludos, Which fits best in the next dialogue, "You have to look both sides before you cross the street. You don't want to get (ran or run) over, do you?" Edher

  2. Run over/ overrun - WordReference Forums

    Feb 8, 2021 · I've seen "overrun" as a noun, but the verb is usually "run over" in AE. And I doubt that "overrun into" makes any sense, while you can combine "run over" and "run into" into "run over into" …

  3. got knocked over by a car (accident)... | WordReference Forums

    Nov 1, 2016 · I would have thought "to get knocked over by a car" would mean "get hit" while not going under the wheels of the vehicle ("atropellar" makes sense to me here) and probably send the person …

  4. He almost got run over by a car. - WordReference Forums

    Jan 5, 2022 · As for 'He was almost run over', what does it imply? All it implies is that he was nearly hit by a vehicle.

  5. to run over somebody / run somebody over - WordReference Forums

    Dec 21, 2013 · Run over is a transitive phrasal verb that consists of a verb (run) and a particle (over) that can be separated by the object, without changing the meaning of the verb.

  6. Ran over or run over? - WordReference Forums

    Sep 9, 2022 · Hello, Which would be correct in the following: "The man was fatally run over/ran over by a drunk driver." I know that 'ran' is the simple past tense, but what is confusing me here is 'was" in ''the …

  7. Make sure you don't run over us. - WordReference Forums

    Oct 22, 2017 · The woman sounds annoyed -> " If you are going to be running along the beach, at any time in the future, please ensure that you don't run over us". To run [someone] over (or to run over …

  8. run into vs run over - WordReference Forums

    Jul 9, 2023 · Run over means whatever is hit goes underneath, at least partly. If that didn't happen, they were just hit, and not run run over. The smaller the thing that is hit is, the higher the chance is it will …

  9. Run down VS Run over - WordReference Forums

    Feb 23, 2017 · Hello, I'm interested in the difference between two verbs: Run down and Run over, both of them could mean that a vehicle ran into someone and caused death or a heavy injury, but what's …

  10. get in front of issues | WordReference Forums

    Apr 5, 2013 · Getting in front of an issue doesn't necessarily imply that it was resolved before any negative consequences developed, simply that an effort was made to, as Beryl noted, avoid a really …