grammatical error

No, it's OK.

What does it mean, Sir?

To run over somebody or something means to hit them and drive over them.
The phrase "like that" at the end of the sentence makes me wonder if there is an acceptable way of running over somebody

I believe its a correct sentence but my teacher told me its incorrect. According to her explanation run over-to raise, to go through.
At last I'm perplexed.

You can't run over him like that.

What did you think this meant when you wrote it?

Run over has more than one meaning:

The costs ran over our estimates. (It cost more that we thought.)
It rained so hard that the water ran over the spillway. (The water in the lake was much higher than normal. Some of it escaped.)
The car ran over the

You can't run over him like that.

Your teacher does not seem to be aware of the meaning of this phrasal verb, unprlld.

Run over = completely dominate and ignore the wishes/intentions of.

Dear AlpheccaStars and Mister Micawber,

I found none of these senses in my Longman or online dictionaries.

Mastering phrasal verbs seems impossible.

the answer sheet (provided by the institute) says:- "Run over" as a phrasal verb means 1. to go over, examine, repeat, or rehearse quickly 2. to collide with,knock down, and often drive over<ran over a dog> and it is inappropriate in conveying the symbolic sense of brow beating somebody.

What answer should I go for?

unprlldI believe its a correct sentence but my teacher told me its incorrect. According to her explanation run over-to raise, to go through.At last I'm perplexed.

The word combination run+over can mean many things. The line between phrasal verb and verb+adverb is not always sharp. Your teacher is correct in some senses. "Route 201 runs over the Appalachians in

See definition # 167 under "verb phrases" in the main entry for "run" : http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/run

run over,
a. to hit and knock down, especially with a vehicle: She cried inconsolably when her cat was run over by a car.