1. present participle of overrun; spreading over or occupying an area completely
2. exceeding a planned limit, especially of time or cost

1. the act or instance of going beyond set limits or boundaries

Examples

• The weeds are overrunning the entire garden.
• Ants were overrunning the picnic area.
• The project is overrunning its budget by thousands of dollars.
• The meeting kept overrunning its scheduled time.
• The cost overrunning forced them to seek additional funding.
• Budget overrunning is a common problem in construction projects.
• The overrunning of the deadline caused significant delays.