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/ˌəʊ.vəˈɹʌn/
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/ˌoʊ.vɚˈɹʌn/
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/ˈəʊ.vəˌɹʌn/
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/ˈoʊ.vɚˌɹʌn/
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əʊvəˈɹʌn
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oʊvəˈɹʌn
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Verb
To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively.
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But news that the North Vietnamese had launched an invasion more akin to the blitzkrieg of Poland than to a Maoist "people's war," and had overrun my old base camp 30 miles up Thunder Road from Saigon, turned my heart to lead.
To infest, swarm over, flow over.
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The cathedral square was overrun with tourists.
The vine overran its trellis; the field is overrun with weeds.
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those barbarous nations that over-ran the world
As President Obama turns his attention once again to filling out a cabinet and writing an Inaugural Address, this much is clear: he should not expect to bask in a surge of national unity, or to witness a crowd of millions overrun the Mall just to say they were there.
To run past; to run beyond.
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The athlete overran the finish line and kept going.
One line overruns another in length.
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Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.
The collision occurred when an up empty electric train travelling on the up main through line overran the inner home signal and rammed the side of the departing 6.14 p.m. Waterloo-Weymouth steam train, which was leaving platform 12 for the down main through line.
To run past; to run beyond. To run past the end of.
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The aircraft didn't stop in time and overran the runway.
To continue for too long.
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The performance overran by ten minutes, which caused some people to miss their bus home.
To carry (some type, a line or column, etc.) backward or forward into an adjacent line or page.
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To go beyond; to extend in part beyond.
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In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its bearing when its forward end goes beyond it.
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all of these services, including mSpy, function with the same kind of predatory subscription scheme, luring you in with free trials that autorenew as abhorrently expensive monthly or yearly subscriptions. canceling the service requires reaching out to support, so users are typically unable to avoid overrunning the trial.
To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon.
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None of them the feeble overren.
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Fortunately, in April 1979, Congress codified the United States' support for the brave people of the Republic of China with the passage of the Taiwan Relations Act. This gave our friends the cover to develop the vibrant economy and flourishing democracy we see today and prevented them from being overrun by the same tyrants who are now in the process of eradicating democracy in Hong Kong.
Noun
An instance of overrunning.
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Some of the stadiums being built for the World Cup soccer tournament, scheduled for next year, have also been criticized for delays and cost overruns, and have become subjects of derision as protesters question whether they will become white elephants.
Tesla’s first decade was plagued by unmet deadlines, technical snafus and cost overruns.
An instance of overrunning. A turnover: a break to a new line by text flowing within the column.
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The amount by which something overruns.
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At least this year's overrun isn't as unmanageable as last year!
An area of terrain beyond the end of a runway that is kept flat and unobstructed to allow an aircraft that runs off the end of the runway to stop safely.
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- runway safety areastopway
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The runway has 7,000 feet of paved surface, plus a 2,000-foot grass overrun.
Air that is whipped into a frozen dessert to make it easier to serve and eat.
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If ice cream has too much overrun, it will be airy and foamy and will lack flavor.
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too much production or more than expected
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invade in great numbers
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the roaches infested our kitchen
occupy in large numbers or live on a host
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the Kudzu plant infests much of the South and is spreading to the North
flow or run over (a limit or brim)
seize the position of and defeat
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the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land
run beyond or past
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The plane overran the runway