WELLED (UP) Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

welled (up)

verb

past tense of well (up)

as in ran over

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receded

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ran over

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One driver, the tree crew told us, ran over the cones while the crew removed the pine.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 27 Sep. 2026
An initial cut of the film ran over three hours; a second one came in around 72 minutes.

— Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of ran over

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