run-through

[ruhn-throo]

the performing of a sequence of designated actions, especially as a trial prior to actual performance; rehearsal; practice.

a quick outline or review: a run-through of his medical history.

(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.

Origin of run-through

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

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A run-through of the controversial funeral closed London streets this morning at dawn.
Dawn Dress Rehearsal for Thatcher Funeral as Controversy Rages On
Tom Sykes
April 15, 2013

I'll give your tape a run-through, then we'll pull a sample and check it out.
Alarm Clock
Everett B. Cole
That was a sharp notion you had, doing a run-through on Grimswitch.
The Success Machine
Henry Slesar
This was to be a run-through venture, not a fighting one, and for such a purpose a small force was better than a larger one.
The White Hand and the Black
Bertram Mitford
I'll look everything over and if we need a second run-through it won't take too long.
Out Like a Light
Gordon Randall Garrett

Word Origin and History for run-through

"a rehearsal," especially a hasty one, 1923, from the verbal phrase, from run (v.) + through (adv.).