run through
Dictionary
verb
- To summarise briefly
"Let me run through today's meeting for those who missed it."
- To inform or educate someone, typically of a new concept or a concept particular to an organization or industry
- To repeat something.
"We will run through scene 2 until we get it right."
- To use completely, in a short space of time. Usually money.
"I ran through my wages in two days. Now I've got to live on next to nothing till Friday!"
- To go through hastily.
"to run through a book"
- To pervade, of a quality that is characteristic of a group, organisation, or system.
"Fear of foreigners runs through that country at all levels of its society."
- To impale a person with a blade, usually a sword.
"Make just one move, and I'll run you through, sir, without hesitation."
- Of a waterway, to flow through an area.
"The Seine river runs through Paris."
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