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step (on)

verb

Definition of step (on)

as in to run over

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Last October, a Waymo ran over and killed KitKat, beloved longtime denizen of Randa’s Market, a liquor store.

— Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Those who thought the Los Angeles Dodgers and their massive payroll were going to waltz into Milwaukee and run over the Brewers were wrong.

— Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of run over

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Blair had tears running down her face, while her team worked to explain what happened.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026
There’s a marshy creek that runs down the west side of the property, and that creekbottom transitions to a 100-yard-wide stretch of hardwoods that border a hayfield.

— Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026

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