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run through

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run through in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. use up (resources or materials)
    "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"
    consume  eat up  use up  eat  deplete  exhaust  run through  wipe out 
  2. apply thoroughly; think through
    "We worked through an example"
    work through  run through  go through 
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run through in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (verb) To go through by running
  2. (verb) (transitive) (idiom) To briefly summarise
  3. (verb) (idiom) To repeat something.
  4. (verb) (idiom) To use completely, in a short space of time. Usually money.
  5. (verb) (idiom)To pervade, of a quality that is characteristic of a group, organisation, or system.
  6. (verb) (idiom) To impale a person with a blade, usually a sword.
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