Definition of "underran" []

• Past tense of underrun. (verb)

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• "The merman was certain that it underran the river and that eventually they would reach the sea -- unless some side turn before that point would make them free in the countryside once more."
• "On the following morning the Signal Corps men went ashore in a small boat, and while some of the party rehabilitated the office, others underran the cable, cut in near the shore end, and after finding communication satisfactory with Cebu and Liloan, located the fault, the ship's volt-meter indicating when the small boat underrunning the cable came to the break."
• "A mild current of wanting to see Nancy underran all his days; he could control it, he decided, and to an extent he did."