Dear teachers,
I know some meanings of the phrasal verb “run over” such as:
- (a vessel or its contents ) overflow as in:
“This pot's running over.” Or "My cup runneth over [with God's bounty]." (23th Psalm)
- run over smth. review, recapitulate
“Let’s run over our parts again. (eg when learning and rehearsing parts in a play)
“He ran over his note before starting the lecture.”
- knock you down and drive across your body in a car
“If you cross the street in the wrong place you may get run over.”
“I've run over the allotted time, but there are still questions.”
I have just written the following sentence:
“There are no buses to Withering on Sundays but I can easily run you over in the car.”
Would you be kind enough to say to me whether you know and respectively endorse the usage of the expression “
run you over” with the meaning “
take you there in the car”?
Thank you in advance for your efforts.
Regards.
V.