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Meaning: (transitive,idiomatic)Tosummarisebriefly.Synonyms:run over,sum up;see alsoThesaurus:recapitulateLet merun throughtoday's meeting for those who missed it.2003, Joe Kraynak,The complete idiot's guide to computer basics, page145:The following stepsrunyouthrougha typical scanning operation using a flatbed scanner: ...; (transitive,idiomatic,colloquial)Toinformoreducatesomeone, typically of a newconceptor a concept particular to an organization or industry2009, Jorge S. Olson with Carlos Lopez,Build Your Beverage Empire, page115:... we'llrunyouthrougha very quick and abbreviated process from production through bottling.; (transitive,idiomatic)Torepeatsomething.Synonyms:reiterate,run backWe willrun throughscene 2 until we get it right.; ; (transitive,idiomatic)Tousecompletely, in a short space of time. Usually money.Synonyms:eat up,expendNear-synonyms:burn through,get throughIran throughmy wages in two days. Now I've got to live on next to nothing till Friday!; (transitive,idiomatic)Togo throughhastily.Synonyms:skim through,slubbertorun througha book; (transitive,idiomatic)Topervade, of aqualitythat ischaracteristicof a group, organisation, or system.Synonyms:permeate,riddleFear of foreignersruns throughthat country at all levels of its society.2019July 11, John Thornhill, “Does tech threaten to rerun the worst of the Industrial Revolution?”, inFinancial Times[1]:The central concern thatruns throughThe Technology Trapis that, unless we are very careful, our latest technological revolution may well turn out to be a tumultuous rerun of the Industrial Revolution, with dire social and political consequences.; (transitive,idiomatic)Toimpalea person with a blade, usually a sword.Synonyms:spear,transpierce;see alsoThesaurus:impale,Thesaurus:stabMake just one move, and I'llrunyouthrough, sir, without hesitation.1676, Thomas Shadwell,The libertine: a tragedy : acted by His Royal Highness's servants, page15:D. Lop."Offer to flinch, and I'llrun you through.Offic.:Take their Swords, or knock 'em down.; (transitive,idiomatic,slang)Tofuck.Synonyms:plough,service;see alsoThesaurus:copulate with2021April 19, Trey R. Barker, Jonathan Brown, S.A. Cosby, John M. Floyd, Debra H. Goldstein, Gar Anthony Haywood, Penny Mickelbury, William Dylan Powell, Kimberly B. Richardson, Stacy Woodson,Jukes & Tonks: Crime Fiction Inspired by Music in the Dark and Suspect Choices[2], Down & Out Books:“There's a white girl, Betty Anderson, down on Cricket Hill Lane parked under them mulberry trees across from the old Carter place gettingrun throughby a colored boy in a bright red Plymouth Fury. You might wanna get out there before Big Jim Anderson find[sic]himself with a half-breed grandchild,”[…]; (transitive,idiomatic)To continue past an intersection or a sign that is intended to cause one to stop.You justran througha stop sign.; (transitive,idiomatic)Of awaterway, toflowthrough anarea.The Seine riverruns throughParis.; (transitive,intransitive,of a train)To have a route that goes through an area; to continue through an area; to complete a route.This trainruns throughthe county.; (transitive,of a train)To continue through territory owned by another company without being exchanged for a different train.; (transitive,of a flavor or ingredient)To be present and intense.The cardamomruns throughthe cake.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seerun,through.
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