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überfahren — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • run verb To move quickly on foot, faster than walking.

Senses

überfahren is used for these senses in English:

  • run (figurative, transitive) To pass (without stopping), typically a stop signal, stop sign, or duty to yield the right of way.
  • run down (transitive) To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.
  • run over (transitive, idiomatic) To drive over, causing injury or death.

run — full definition

  1. verb To move quickly on foot, faster than walking.
  2. verb To manage or be in charge of something.
  3. verb To operate or function, especially of a machine, program, or system.
  4. verb To flow, as a liquid does.
  5. noun An act of running.

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