run through meaning and examples

Meaning

• Run through is a phrasal verb with several meanings depending on context:

  1. To rehearse or practice something quickly (e.g., a play, presentation).
  2. To use or spend something quickly (e.g., money, resources).
  3. To explain or review something briefly.
  4. To pierce or stab someone/something (literary or formal).
  5. To flow through something (e.g., water, current).

Grammar and Usage

• Verb type: Phrasal verb (transitive and intransitive, depending on usage).

• Patterns:

  • run through + object → review, rehearse, or spend.
  • run through (no object) → flow or pass through.
  • Passive forms are also possible: be run through (pierced).

Common Phrases

• Run through a script – practice or rehearse.
• Run through money – spend money quickly.
• Run through the plan – explain or review briefly.
• Run through with a sword – stab/pierce (literary).

Collocations

• run through money
• run through the numbers
• run through a list
• run through a rehearsal
• be run through (with a sword)

Examples

1. Let’s run through the presentation one more time before the meeting.
2. He quickly ran through the main points of the report.
3. They ran through all their savings in just a year.
4. The actors are going to run through the final scene again.
5. She ran through the list of names to check attendance.
6. The knight was run through with a spear in the battle.
7. A small stream runs through the village.
8. Could you run through the instructions for me once more?

Synonyms or Related

• rehearse
• practice
• review
• spend
• exhaust
• pierce

Antonym

• save (for money)
• skip (for rehearsal)
• ignore (for review)