1814 Intrigues of Day ii. i, in New Brit. Theatre I. 97 The newspapers are probably arrived, and I'll just give them a run-over.

1947 J. Bertram Shadow of War vi. 203 The shifts of the P.O.W. in stowing his loot, and..the amount that can be carried by one man on his own person, even through a ‘run-over’ and a ‘strip-search’.

1963 Times 27 Sept. 12/4 Lord Home, the Foreign Secretary, today met Mr. Dean Rusk, the American Secretary of State, for nearly three hours and had what was called ‘a very full runover’ of matters of mutual concern.

2005 R. Conquest Dragons of Expectation x. 104 Before we go on to an equally brief run over of further insights into the crucial period of accomplished Stalinism [etc.].

1836 New Monthly Belle Assemblée Sept. 162/2 (title) A run-over... His carriage had..thrown down an old woman, who uttered such dreadful yells, that Green thought she must have been injured.

1865 Local Preachers' Mag. Jan. 20/2 A scuffle, a run, a pause, another conflict, and a run-over by a carriage and pair.

1920 Safety Engin. Dec. 256/1 Next in point of seriousness to the fall of trees... Run-overs and falls from trains.

1952 New Mexican (Santa Fe, New Mexico) 17 July 4/1 One daring lad..amassed the amazing total of two trucks and three passenger car ‘runovers’ without a scratch.

2009 Sun Herald (Sydney) (Nexis) 15 Mar. (Queensland ed.) 1 The rate of slow speed runovers is significantly higher in Queensland than other states or territories.

1900 Man. Style governing Composition & Proof Reading (U.S. Govt. Printing Office) 24 Where an agreement or treaty is part of a preamble, follow literally, indenting the paragraphs 4 ems and runovers 2 ems, full measure.

1956 N. R. Ker Pastoral Care 21 The runover to avoid breaking a word at the end of the last line on fos. 49v, 50v, 68r, marked by a dot at the end of the line and another before the runover itself.

1976 H. MacInnes Agent in Place ix. 96 The typescript finished each line neatly—no runovers onto the right-hand margin.

1994 S. Bend (Indiana) Tribune (Nexis) 4 Sept. d3 We lay out our newsletter in Word 6. We try to keep articles self-contained, so there's little or no runover.

1937 L. Lewis Radio Dict. in Printers' Ink Monthly May 42/1 Runovers, occasions when the [radio] program itself overruns its allotted time.

1980 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 12 Feb. The runovers led into ‘60 Minutes,’ which carried into their 8 o'clock shows, and then into the rest of their evening.

1998 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 4 Nov. e14/4 Fox was helped enormously on Sunday night by 23 minutes of runover from the football game between the Packers and 49ers.

1876 A. J. Howe Art & Sci. Surg. xix. 864 Individuals in the habit of wearing ‘run-over’ shoes may at length suffer from a twisting of the limb that demands orthopedic treatment.

1894 Western Mail (Cardiff) 19 Feb. 7/7 The most gorgeous attire is lost upon the man who catches between the silken skirts a worn and run-over shoe.

1919 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Mar. 89/4 ‘Why do my heels run-over?’ Run-over shoe heels are more than unsightly.

1946 B. Macdonald Egg & I xvi. 175 Reddish cotton stockings, run-over shoes.

1978 J. A. Michener Chesapeake 667 He wore run-over shoes, baggy trousers, torn shirt and smashed hat, items which he rarely changed.

1998 G. G. Gunn Pride & Joi iv. 53 Her runover soles had been replaced by new ones.

1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 15 Jan. 43/2 His rules about mid-verse pause and run-over lines.

1956 W. S. Gray et al. Guidebk. to accompany New Fun with Dick & Jane 111 If necessary help children with the run-over sentence. Then ask, ‘Why did Jane and Sally want the ball?’

1994 Computers & Humanities 28 100/2 He found evidence of a slow increase in run-over lines as Shakespeare grew older, largely at the expense of lines with long pauses (full stops).

1998 J. Burt in R. P. Warren Coll. Poems Introd. to Notes 634 Warren's practice was to set the run-over portion of long lines flush with the right margin.