run through

verb runs through · running through · ran through · run through

1. idiomatic, transitive To repeat something. We will run through scene 2 until we get it right.
2. idiomatic, transitive To summarise briefly. Let me run through today's meeting for those who missed it.
3. idiomatic, transitive To go through hastily. to run through a book
4. colloquial, idiomatic, transitive To quickly inform, train or educate someone, typically of a new concept or a concept particular to an organization or industry. ... we'll run you through a very quick and abbreviated process from production through bottling.
5. idiomatic, transitive To get something approved quickly. The plans for the new building were rushed through.
6. idiomatic, transitive To use (something, often money) completely, in a short space of time. Near-synonyms: burn through, get through
7. idiomatic, transitive To pervade, of a quality that is characteristic of a group, organisation, or system. Fear of foreigners runs through that country at all levels of its society.
8. idiomatic, transitive To be present and intense. The cardamom runs through the cake.
9. idiomatic, transitive To impale (a person) with a blade, usually a sword. Make just one move, and I'll run you through, sir, without hesitation.
10. figuratively, slang, transitive To have sex with (someone). “There's a white girl, Betty Anderson, down on Cricket Hill Lane parked under them mulberry trees across from the old Carter place getting run through by 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 grandchi
11. idiomatic, transitive To continue past an intersection or a sign that is intended to cause one to stop. You just ran through a stop sign.
12. transitive To flow through an area. The Seine river runs through Paris.
13. intransitive, transitive To have a route that goes through an area; to continue through an area; to complete a route. This train runs through the county.
14. transitive To continue through territory owned by another company without being exchanged for a different train.
15. historical To produce steel by continuing to pump molten iron into a mould after it is full.
16. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, through. He ran through the park to get the other side.