run-through

[ ruhn-throo ]

noun

1. the performing of a sequence of designated actions, especially as a trial prior to actual performance; rehearsal; practice.
2. a quick outline or review:

   a run-through of his medical history.

adjective

1. (of a freight train) made up of cars for a single destination, usually routed so as to avoid congested areas and stopping only for a change of crew.

run through

verb

1. tr, adverb to transfix with a sword or other weapon
2. intr, preposition to exhaust (money) by wasteful spending; squander
3. intr, preposition to practise or rehearse

   let's run through the plan

4. intr, preposition to examine hastily

noun

1. a practice or rehearsal
2. a brief survey

Word History and Origins

Origin of run-through¹

First recorded in 1920–25; noun use of verb phrase run through

Example Sentences

Hiller opens a barrel, lifts out wood particles and pieces of kindling, and lets them run through his fingers.

From The Daily Beast

Is it just us, or does this strange apology read like it was run through the Travoltifyer?

From The Daily Beast

We run through some important modern ultimatums to show why governments make them, and what—if anything—they accomplish.

From The Daily Beast

He had already run through all his personal funds, but luckily the request worked (a trumpet was also traded).

From The Daily Beast

Nice places to live, where the kids can run through the hilly yards behind sandstone apartment blocs.

From The Daily Beast

This element of symbolic indication will be found to run through the whole of childish drawing.

From Project Gutenberg

Now he took those which had come that morning, and went out upon the terrace to run through them in the sunshine.

From Project Gutenberg

The tunnel itself includes a reverse curve, and, at the present time, railroad tracks and Stock Creek waters run through it.

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The affair took place in 1652, and was fought with swords, the Colonel being run through the body in a trice.

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Electric tramcars, in supersession of horse-traction, run through the city and suburbs since April 10, 1905.

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