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Run through

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To summarise briefly. idiomatic, transitive

    "Let me run through today's meeting for those who missed it."

  2. 2
    use up (resources or materials) wordnet
  3. 3
    To inform or educate someone, typically of a new concept or a concept particular to an organization or industry colloquial, idiomatic, transitive

    "... we'll run you through a very quick and abbreviated process from production through bottling."

  4. 4
    apply thoroughly; think through wordnet
  5. 5
    To repeat something. idiomatic, transitive

    "We will run through scene 2 until we get it right."

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  1. 6
    To use completely, in a short space of time. Usually money. idiomatic, transitive

    "Near-synonyms: burn through, get through"

  2. 7
    To go through hastily. idiomatic, transitive

    "to run through a book"

  3. 8
    To pervade, of a quality that is characteristic of a group, organisation, or system. idiomatic, transitive

    "Fear of foreigners runs through that country at all levels of its society."

  4. 9
    To impale a person with a blade, usually a sword. idiomatic, transitive

    "Make just one move, and I'll run you through, sir, without hesitation."

  5. 10
    To fuck. idiomatic, slang, transitive

    "“There's a white girl, Betty Anderson, down on Cricket Hill Lane parked under them mulberry trees across from the old Carter place getting run through by a colored boy in a bright red Plymouth Fury. You might wanna get out there before Big Jim Anderson find^([sic]) himself with a half-breed grandchild,” […]"

  6. 11
    To continue past an intersection or a sign that is intended to cause one to stop. idiomatic, transitive

    "You just ran through a stop sign."

  7. 12
    Of a waterway, to flow through an area. idiomatic, transitive

    "The Seine river runs through Paris."

  8. 13
    To have a route that goes through an area; to continue through an area; to complete a route. intransitive, transitive

    "This train runs through the county."

  9. 14
    To continue through territory owned by another company without being exchanged for a different train. transitive
  10. 15
    To be present and intense. transitive

    "The cardamom runs through the cake."

  11. 16
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, through.

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