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• run-through
  run-through

  noun

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

  verb

  (tr, adverb) to transfix with a sword or other weapon

run-through

American  

[ruhn-throo] / ˈrʌnˌθru /

noun

• run-throughs
  plural

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.

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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 British  

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

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noun

1. a practice or rehearsal

2. a brief survey

run through Idioms  

1. Pierce, as in The soldier was run through by a bayonet . [c. 1400]

2. Use up quickly, as in She ran through her allowance in no time . [c. 1600]

3. Practice, review or rehearse quickly, as in Let's run through the first movement again , or The crew ran through the rescue procedures , or The attorney ran through the defense witness's testimony . [Mid-1400s]

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• run-throughs
  plural

Etymology

Origin of run-through

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

Example Sentences

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run-through run through run-throughs

And of course I made the schoolboy error: Day before, we did a run-through and they said, “Do you want to put your speech on the prompter?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026

The mishaps during a run-through that the US space agency calls a "wet dress rehearsal" dashed hopes that the mission around the Moon could launch as soon as Sunday.

From Barron's ● Feb. 3, 2026

We’ve done a run-through or two, and it’s exhausting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025

Briton Caudery, the 2024 world indoor champion, rolled her ankle in the warm-up after she planted her left foot into the landing mat after a run-through.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2025

"They need a run-through without me. Otherwise, they may mutiny. We'll do the dress a little later tonight."

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan

The program was initially intended to run through Jan. 8, 2028.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026

He has insisted that his path to Cooperstown would run through Anaheim and only Anaheim.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

This time, Yoane Wissa went on a brilliant run through the centre - evading an array of Liverpool players - and played the ball to Joe Willock, who finished in style.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

That reduction in value has to run through their income statements, hitting profit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

I ducked out of the kitchen, dashed across the barnyard, and began to run through the pastures toward Colonel Read’s house.

From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

He said the cast had been attending the run-throughs despite poor weather, showing "that great Bradford resilience".

From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2025

And this week, on London streets, they staged midnight, moment-by-moment run-throughs for Saturday’s coronation of King Charles III.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2023

And the band is in Studio B, and we get a couple of run-throughs there, and I’m waiting, and it comes through the talkback.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023

After one of our run-throughs of ‘Rondo,’ I was super, super sweaty.

From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2023

Each segment requires several run-throughs before it is smooth enough to be filmed.

From 100 New Yorkers of the 1970s by Max Millard