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Definition of Overrun

Overrun of Overrun To run over; to grow or spread over in excess; to invade and occupy; to take possession of; as, the vine overran its trellis; the farm is overrun with witch grass. To exceed in distance or speed of running; to go beyond or pass in running. To go beyond; to extend in part beyond; as, one line overruns another in length. To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon. To carry over, or back, as type, from one line or page into the next after, or next before. To extend the contents of (a line, column, or page) into the next line, column, or page. To run, pass, spread, or flow over or by something; to be beyond, or in excess. To extend beyond its due or desired length; as, a line, or advertisement, overruns. Related Definitions: Abuse, Advertisement, After, And, Another, As, Back, Be, Before, Beyond, By, Carry, Column, Contents, Desired, Distance, Due, Exceed, Excess, Extend, Farm, Flow, From, Go, Grass, Grow, If, In, Into, Invade, Is, Length, Line, Next, Occupy, Of, One, Oppress, Or, Over, Overran, Overrun, Page, Part, Pass, Possession, Run, Running, Something, Speed, Spread, Take, The, To, Treading, Trellis, Type, Upon, Vine, Witch, With

Overrun Quotations We need more people speaking out. This country is not overrun with rebels and free thinkers. It's overrun with sheep and conformists. Bill Maher The lowest form of popular culture - lack of information, misinformation, disinformation, and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most people's lives - has overrun real journalism. Today, ordinary Americans are being stuffed with garbage. Carl Bernstein Well, Italy had been overrun by the War, there had practically been civil war, north and south of the Gothic Line, heavy bombing, the northern industrial cities had been bombed heavily and we had political disorder before 1948. Gianni Agnelli It took the Gulf War to demonstrate that America did want more than one friend in the Mideast, and also was willing to take and make major risks to prevent a small Muslim country, Kuwait, from being overrun and in effect stolen by Iraq. Caspar Weinberger All new states are invested, more or less, by a class of noisy, second-rate men who are always in favor of rash and extreme measures, but Texas was absolutely overrun by such men. Sam Houston

Overrun Translations overrun in Spanish is exceder

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