English-Finnish translations for overrun

  • ylittääKeskustelu ylittää hieman määräaikansa. The debate is overrunning somewhat. Rouva Bloch von Blottnitz, annoin tietoisesti teidän ylittää aikanne. Mrs Bloch von Blottnitz, I deliberately allowed you to overrun your time quite considerably. Suhtaudumme asiaan hyvin vakavasti ja kehotamme jäseniä noudattamaan puheaikoja, joita ei pidä ylittää. We will take this very seriously, and will request that all Members keep to their speaking times and do not allow debates to overrun.

Definition of overrun

  • To defeat an enemy and invade in great numbers, seizing the enemy positions conclusively
  • To run past; to run beyond
  • To continue for too long
  • To carry backward or forward into an adjacent line or page
  • To abuse or oppress, as if by treading upon
  • An instance of overrunning
  • The amount by which something overruns
  • Air that is whipped into a frozen dessert to make it easier to serve and eat

Examples

  • The vine overran its trellis; the field is overrun with weeds.
  • The athlete overran the finish line and kept going
  • One line overruns another in length
  • The performance overran by ten minutes, which caused some people to miss their bus home.
  • In machinery, a sliding piece is said to overrun its bearing when its forward end goes beyond it.
  • At least this years overrun isnt as unmanageable as last year!

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