run through

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Verb

1. (transitive, idiomatic) To summarise briefly

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

2. (idiomatic, colloquial) To inform or educate someone, typically of a new concept or a concept particular to an organization or industry
3. (idiomatic) To repeat something.

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

4. (idiomatic) 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!

5. To go through hastily.

   to run through a book

6. (idiomatic) 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.

7. (idiomatic) To impale a person with a blade, usually a sword.

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

8. Of a waterway, to flow through an area.
   • The Seine river runs through Paris.
9. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see run, through

Translations

• Spanish: resumir

Translations

• French: parcourir
• Spanish: recorrer, repasar

Translations

• French: embrocher
• Spanish: empalar

Translations

• French: arroser (lit., to water)

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