To run through something is to practise or review it quickly from start to finish. One pass, without stopping.
Theatre uses it precisely, and a run-through is a rehearsal of the whole piece, which is a real stage in producing anything. Meetings use it for agendas. There are two other senses: something that runs through a work is a recurring theme, and running through money means spending it fast. There is also a violent old sense of stabbing somebody with a sword.
1phraserun throughTo rehearse or review something quickly from beginning to end.
“Shall we run through it once more before they arrive?”
2phrasepresentTo be present throughout something.
“The same theme will run through all four chapters.”
Also accepted in games: rehearse
Practised in Phrasal Verbs, A Man Called Ove
First appears in chapter 18 of A Man Called Ove.
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