Urban growth overran the capacity of traditional urban centres and expanded throughout the landscape at the expense of open spaces.
The rebels on the other hand had few problems in replenishing and expanding their military stock by abducting young men in the territories they overran.
In the absence of someone on the board who understood construction, it overran its costs by well over three times.
The market entry guarantee scheme was suspended early this year, because it overran its budget.
She was captured by rebels when they overran the mission station nearly three years ago.
To my knowledge, not long ago some part of that tip slid down and overran the road and went into the river.
What would happen if things went slightly wrong and the contracts overran or targets were not met?
If, for example, an investment project overran its budget through mismanagement, the users would pay higher user charges.