Meaning of run through something in English

run through something

phrasal verb with run verb
us
/rʌn/ uk
/rʌn/
present participle running | past tense ran | past participle run

(EXAMINE)

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to look at, examine, or deal with a set of things, especially quickly:
We ran through the list, but none of the machines seemed any good.
run through something with someone I'd like to run through these points/questions with you, if that's okay, because you've made several mistakes.
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(EXIST)

If a quality runs through something, it is in all parts of it:
Melancholy runs through all her stories.
Racism runs right through society.
Filling and completing
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(USE UP)

to use up an amount of something quickly:
It took him just a few months to run through all the money his father left him.
Using and misusing
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run someone/something through

phrasal verb with run verb
us
/rʌn/ uk
/rʌn/
present participle running | past tense ran | past participle run
literary
to push a sword or similar pointed weapon right into a person or animal:
He drew his sword and ran the villain through.
Cutting and stabbing
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run-through
noun [ C ]
us
/ˈrʌn.θruː/ uk
/ˈrʌn.θruː/
the activity of performing or playing something from beginning to end in order to practice it:
We've got time for one more run-through before the concert.
Cinema & theater: production, direction & recording
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(Definition of run through something from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

run (someone) through something | Intermediate English

run (someone) through something

phrasal verb with run verb
us
/rʌn/
present participle running | past tense ran us/ræn/ | past participle run

(PRACTICE)

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to practice something; to rehearse:
The director wants us to run through the first act this morning.
If you run someone through something, you practice it or talk about it so the person will know it better:
A technician ran me through the data recovery process.

run through something

phrasal verb with run verb
us
/rʌn/
present participle running | past tense ran us/ræn/ | past participle run

(EXAMINE)

to look at, examine, think of, or deal with a set of things, esp. quickly:
I mentally ran through what I had eaten since Thursday.

run through something

phrasal verb with run verb
us
/rʌn/
present participle running | past tense ran us/ræn/ | past participle run

(EXIST)

to be present in something, or in a group of people:
The blues runs through all of Ned Hayden’s music.
Note:
  • said about a quality or feeling
(Definition of run through something from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

run through sth | Business English

run through sth

phrasal verb with run verb
uk
/rʌn/ us
running | ran | run
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to look at, examine, or deal with a set of things, especially quickly:
We ran through the list of machines, but none of them were what we were looking for.
run through sth with sb I'd like to run through these points with you.
to quickly repeat or give the main points of something:
Could you just run through the main points again, please?
to use up an amount of something quickly:
We've already run through all the money we needed for the month.
(Definition of run through something from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of run through something

run through something
This newspaper's session-ending editorial coverage often does a run-through of lawmakers who did well and not so well, in our humblest of opinions.
From Dallas Morning News
She showed no lapses in concentration, jumped well and did a light run-through of her tango short program.
From ESPN
An excellent audio guide offers a run-through of this museum's most emblematic pieces.
From CNN
A complete run-through of the game can be accomplished in an evening.
From Wired
The text providing this run-through of stratigraphic distributions is brief; only three pages.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
Following the first run-through of the story book, where the animals selected vegetables and received awards, the vegetables were removed.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
Rather, in his continuing feedback on the presentation run-through, he advocates a strong theoretical framing for the talk.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
I'll look everything over and if we need a second run-through it won't take too long.
From Project Gutenberg
I'll give your tape a run-through, then we'll pull a sample and check it out.
From Project Gutenberg
As was mentioned in the previous day's discussion, going from 99.95 to 99.99 percent accuracy usually doubles costs and means a third keying or another complete run-through of the text.
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The run-throughs leave him in terrible shape.
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Translations of run through something

in Chinese (Traditional)
檢查, （尤指快速）過目，瀏覽, 處理…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
检查, （尤指快速）过目，浏览, 处理…
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in Spanish
revisar algo, estar presente en algo, gastar algo…
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in Portuguese
percorrer algo, examinar algo, acabar com algo…
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