run someone over

run someone over

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  • run someone over. — See run someone down sense 1. → run …   Useful english dictionary

  • run someone over — See: run someone down 1) …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • run someone/thing down — 1》 (of a vehicle) hit and knock over a person or animal. 2》 criticize someone or something unfairly or unkindly. 3》 discover someone or something after a search. 4》 (also run down) reduce or become reduced in size or resources. 5》 lose or cause… …   English new terms dictionary

  • run someone down — 1 he was run down by joyriders: RUN OVER, knock down/over; hit, strike. 2 she ran him down in front of other people: CRITICIZE, denigrate, belittle, disparage …   Useful english dictionary

  • run someone down — 1) he was run down by a drunk driver Syn: run over, knock down, knock over; hit, strike 2) she ran him down in front of other people Syn: criticize, denigrate, belittle, disparage, deprecate, find fault with; informal p …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • run someone down — 1) he was run down by joyriders Syn: run over, knock down/over, hit 2) she ran him down in front of other people Syn: criticize, denigrate, belittle, disparage, deprecate, find fault with; informal put down, knock …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • run someone/something over — (of a vehicle or its driver) knock a person or animal down and pass over their body I almost ran over that raccoon …   Useful english dictionary

  • run someone/thing over — knock down a person or animal in a vehicle. → run …   English new terms dictionary

  • have (someone) over — vb British a. to trick, dupe, deceive. A working class euphemism related to the colloquialism get one over on (someone) . Similar themes run through stories about social workers who are reckoned to be easily had over by villains and even by… …   Contemporary slang

  • throw someone over — ABANDON, leave, desert, discard, turn one s back on, cast aside/off; jilt, break up with, finish with, leave in the lurch, leave high and dry; informal dump, ditch, chuck, drop, walk out on, run out on, leave flat, give someone the push/elbow,… …   Useful english dictionary

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