run-through
1 of 2noun
ˈrən-ˌthrü 
: a usually cursory reading, summary, or rehearsal
run through
2 of 2verb
ran through; run through; running through; runs through
transitive verb
1
: pierce
2
: to spend or consume wastefully and rapidly
3
: to read or rehearse without pausing
4
a
: carry out, do
b
: to subject to a process
Synonyms
Noun
- abstract
- breviary
- brief
- capsule
- conspectus
- digest
- encapsulation
- epitome
- inventory
- outline
- précis
- recap
- recapitulation
- résumé
- resume
- resumé
- roundup
- rundown
- sum
- sum-up
- summa
- summarization
- summary
- summing-up
- synopsis
- wrap-up
Verb
- gore
- harpoon
- impale
- jab
- lance
- peck
- pick
- pierce
- pink
- puncture
- skewer
- spear
- spike
- spit
- stab
- stick
- transfix
- transpierce
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Example Sentences
Verb before I knew what was happening, the thug had run through me with a knife how did you manage to run through $300 in one day?
Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1905, in the meaning defined above
Verb
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
running through
verb
1
as in stabbing
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object before I knew what was happening, the thug had run through me with a knife Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- stabbing
- piercing
- puncturing
- picking
- jabbing
- sticking
- pecking
- transpiercing
- spitting
- spearing
- impaling
- spiking
- transfixing
- goring
- harpooning
- pinking
- lancing
- slicing
- poking
- punching
- skewering
- dirking
- gimleting
- poniarding
- pronging
- perforating
- spindling
- pinpricking
- cutting
- bayoneting
- riddling
- thrusting
- quilling
- pricking
- piking
- bayonetting
- knifing
2
as in spending
to use up carelessly how did you manage to run through $300 in one day? Synonyms & Similar Words
- spending
- throwing away
- fiddling away
- losing
- playing ducks and drakes with
- making ducks and drakes of
- frittering (away)
- trifling (away)
- wasting
- misspending
- dissipating
- lavishing
- squandering
- blowing
- laying out
- consuming
- splurging
- depleting
- exhausting
- overspending
- overindulging
- impoverishing
- disbursing
- indulging
- expending
- shooting
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- conserving
- protecting
- preserving
- laying up
- economizing
- saving
- skimping
- scrimping
- hoarding