Looking for an expression

[nq:1]Hi, I am looking for a fixed expression that can replace "last longer than expected" in "the meeting last longer than expected."[/nq]
lastED longer than expected Don't confuse it with "past".

dragged on?
went overtime?
[nq:1]I'd appreciate your help. Ray[/nq]
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[nq:1]Hi, I am looking for a fixed expression that can replace "last longer than expected" in "the meeting last longer than expected."[/nq]
The meeting overran.
The meeting overran by 25 minutes.

Les

[nq:1]Hi, I am looking for a fixed expression that can replace "last longer than expected" in "the meeting last longer than expected." I'd appreciate your help.[/nq]
The meeting overran.

David

[nq:2]Hi, I am looking for a fixed expression that can ... "the meeting last longer than expected." I'd appreciate your help.[/nq]
[nq:1]The meeting overran.[/nq]
"Overran" doesn't sound idiomatic. "Ran overtime" does. But there's a problem with tense in OP's sentence too (should be, "lastED longer than expected"). Corrected, with my phrase, the sentence would be: "The meeting ran overtime

[nq:2]The meeting overran.[/nq]
[nq:1]"Overran" doesn't sound idiomatic. "Ran overtime" does.[/nq]
My UK perspective is the reverse.
I wonder what's wrong with "The meeting lasted longer than expected" that the OP needs a different phrase.

David

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[nq:2]The meeting overran.[/nq]
[nq:1]"Overran" doesn't sound idiomatic. "Ran overtime" does. But there's a problem with tense in OP's sentence too (should be, "lastED longer than expected"). Corrected, with my phrase, the sentence would be: "The meeting ran overtime."[/nq]
It seems

[nq:2]"Overran" doesn't sound idiomatic. "Ran overtime" does. But there's a ... my phrase, the sentence would be: "The meeting ran overtime."[/nq]
[nq:1]It seems to me "We ran over" is heard in these parts (Texas), and such as "We are running over and someone else needs the room." But "overran" is new to me.[/nq]
If somebody said "We ran over" to me, I'd be looking around for the victim. W

[nq:2]The meeting overran.[/nq]
[nq:1]"Overran" doesn't sound idiomatic. "Ran overtime" does. But there's a problem with tense in OP's sentence too (should be, "lastED longer than expected"). Corrected, with my phrase, the sentence would be: "The meeting ran overtime."[/nq]
"Overran" sounds fine to me. I have to attend many meetings and they are often poorly chaired and last longer than ex

[nq:2]"Overran" doesn't sound idiomatic. "Ran overtime" does.[/nq]
[nq:1]My UK perspective is the reverse. I wonder what's wrong with "The meeting lasted longer than expected" that the OP needs a different phrase.[/nq]
Maybe he's after a euphemism, which would make the meeting not as long as it felt: "The meeting laster a little longer than expected." Or he wants to fit the sentence into a

[nq:1]If somebody said "We ran over" to me, I'd be looking around for the victim. Whereas:[/nq]
Good point.
[nq:1]- Sorry, we're overunning Is normal UK business speak.[/nq]
If someone said We overran in the US, I'd be looking for the enemy that we had overrun.
[nq:1] David[/nq]
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