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Difference between Overrun someone and Run someone over

overrun someoneattack an enemy force:

  • They were sent off with orders to overrun the troops attacking Shuttleworth’s forward defenses.

run someone over

1. (also: run someone down) knock smb. to the ground with a vehicle (usually Passive):

  • A woman was run over while crossing the road.

2. drive a person to a destination:

  • I jumped into a jeep with a kid behind its wheel waiting to run me over to Ewell’s headquarters.