When a coaster train goes past the station without stopping completely Most likely to happen on an older coaster with manual brakes Not a dangerous situation, and gets you another ride without lining up again
To print a larger quantity of books than ordered Printers estimate a 10 percent spoilage If this does not occur, the additional books are charged to the customer but only up to 10 percent
run beyond or past; "The plane overran the runway" seize the position of and defeat; "the Crusaders overran much of the Holy Land
A graded and compacted portion of the clear zone, located at the extension of each end of the runway, to minimize risk of accident to aircraft due to overrun on takeoff or undershooting on landing Its length is normally equal to that of the clear zone and its width is equal to that of the runway and shoulders
continue a process or a series of processes past the optimum point See also end phenomena
If costs overrun, they are higher than was planned or expected. We should stop the nonsense of taxpayers trying to finance new weapons whose costs always overrun hugely Costs overran the budget by about 30%. Overrun is also a noun. He was stunned to discover cost overruns of at least $1 billion. an amount of time or money that is larger than was planned or intended
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