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verb (1)

Definition of run (over)next
as in to visit
to make a brief visit I could run over right now if that's good for you

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verb (2)

as in to practice
to do over and over so as to become skilled let's run over this dance number one more time

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Recent Examples of run (over)
Verb
Meyer goes for five after All-Star news Pitcher Max Meyer got the start for Miami, allowing four hits and two runs over five innings. — Tyler M. Carmona, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026 This week, at a meeting of HOA leaders in Eagle, residents expressed anger and frustration, including by nearly being run over by a kid going 25 mph on a walking path. — Idaho Statesman, 3 July 2026 Airing in 2010, the season 3 premiere of Sons of Anarchy concluded with Sheridan's Hale being killed when he's run over during a drive-by shooting. — Derek Lawrence, Entertainment Weekly, 30 June 2026 In the next two years, the average global Fortune 500 enterprise will run over 150,000 AI agents, according to Gartner. — Shane Buckley, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for run (over)
Recent Examples of Synonyms for run (over)
  1. visit
  2. practice
  3. run in
  4. come over
  5. step in
  6. call
Verb
  • Though the stalls outside the Mercato Centrale in San Lorenzo mainly sell fake leather goods and cheap souvenirs, the actual market is worth visiting.
    — Laura Itzkowitz, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2026
  • Al-Sharaa, who visited the White House last year, is also slated to meet Wednesday with a congressional delegation led by Senate Foreign Affairs Committee ranking member Jeanne Shaheen.
    — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of visit
Verb
  • The study measured what happened when pet dogs practiced nosework every day for two weeks.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026
  • Stephania Louis, an immigrant from Haiti, was drawn to the program as an opportunity to practice speaking English in the workplace before returning to school to pursue nursing.
    — Madeleine Kashkooli, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026
Definition of practice
Verb
  • After scoring a run in the fourth when Willy Adames grounded into a double play with a runner on third, San Francisco called upon a double steal with runners at the corners to swipe its third run.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • Proxima is developing stellarator technology, one of a handful of approaches to fusion, and hopes to have its fusion demonstrator — a proof-of-concept precursor to a commercial power plant — up and running in the early 2030s.
    — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 7 July 2026
Definition of run in
Verb
  • Popular drag performer Trixie Mattel has signed with CAA for representation, except in audio work, after coming over from UTA.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
  • The team already has 13 home runs this month, the second most in MLB, with nine coming over the first two games of the series against the Mets.
    — Jesús Cano, New York Times, 7 July 2026
Definition of come over
Verb
  • Australia’s online platforms are stumbling at the very first step in implementing age checks for users, rendering a world-first teen social media ban ineffective, a study by a team that advised the government’s rollout of the curbs found.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 7 July 2026
  • That dynamic could mean there is less institutional firepower around to buy a future dip in stocks if conviction in the AI trade wanes, making Wall Street even more reliant on retail investors to step in in the event of a selloff.
    — Bernard Goyder, Fortune, 7 July 2026
Definition of step in
Verb
  • The company, which calls itself the largest and fastest-growing Asian restaurant company in the world, also added chicken nuggets to its menu on Thursday, July 2.
    — Mike Snider, USA Today, 5 July 2026
  • Mauney, widely seen as the best rider of his generation and someone who braved the hardest bulls to ride, had to retire in 2023 after a neck break on a bull called Arctic Assassin.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 5 July 2026
Definition of call

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“Run (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/run%20%28over%29. Accessed 9 Jul. 2026.

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