RUN THROUGH Synonyms: 117 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

Definition of run through

as in to puncture

to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object before I knew what was happening, the thug had run through me with a knife

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as in to spend

to use up carelessly how did you manage to run through $300 in one day?

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run-through

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noun

ˈrən-ˌthrü

as in summary

a short statement of the main points could you give me a quick run-through of what the referendum question is all about?

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Recent Examples of run through

Verb

But in November when NCDOT released early design maps that showed the interstate expansion running through historically Black neighborhoods, residents began to speak out against the project. — Dj Simmons, Charlotte Observer, 24 Sep. 2026 Preorders are open in the US, UK, and EU, with the early-bird offer running through October 15. — New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026

Noun

But there’s always going to be a market for reassuring familiarity — a run-through of someone’s greatest hits to a rhythm of rise, fall, and redemption, touching on the darker stuff only on the way to a triumphant close. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2026 Jordan, in fact, completed his first run-through of the show less than an hour before chatting with THR. — Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for run through

Recent Examples of Synonyms for run through

Verb

Like the earlier series, this one readily acknowledges how real-world horrors can puncture even a relative safe space like Hillman.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2026
That notion reached its pinnacle after the Chiefs beat the Bills 32-29 in the AFC Championship Game but was punctured by their 40-22 clobbering at the hands of the Eagles in Super Bowl LIX.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of puncture

Verb

Minnesota Secretary of State Scott Simon, a Democrat, said in August that his office expects to spend roughly $250,000 on private vendors to conduct penetration testing, which can expose security vulnerabilities and recommend actionable fixes.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026
As part of the arrangement, the elder Ryan agreed to cover the lion’s share of the differences in building a new stadium, originally priced at $830 million, from the $300 million the university planned to spend on renovating the older one.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of spend

Noun

One Moments entry showed me a summary of my past week, describing a pretty uneventful time with downright purple prose.

— Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026
Bain & Company found that 80% of consumers now rely on AI summaries for at least 40% of their searches, and that organic traffic has fallen 15% to 25% as a result.

— Boris Dzhingarov, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of summary

Verb

Success loses some of its shine when your private world is absorbing all the strain.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 25 Sep. 2026
Apple had introduced the iPhone just two months earlier, and Brown concluded that his company had no future in smartphones, which were losing hundreds of millions of dollars a quarter.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of lose

Noun

Many of the shoes and boots from the collaboration are defined by a distinctly convex outline in the back.

— Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
Those cleats — with the red Nike swoosh and white outline, the bright red laces and a strange cuff at the back, leaning right against his Achilles — were on the Falcons defensive back’s feet for the worst day of his life.

— Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of outline

Verb

Dydzuhn was punched and stabbed, and suffered severe cuts and damage to one of her eyes, according to NBC Miami.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2026
Whatley invoked the name of Iryna Zarutska, the Ukrainian refugee fatally stabbed on Charlotte’s Blue Line light rail in 2025.

— Danielle Battaglia, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of stab

Verb

And then – just like that – a world that’s a stone’s throw away is gone.

— Drew Paul, The Conversation, 25 Sep. 2026
The app’s office sits a stone’s throw away from the Liangzhu ruins, on the second floor of a gray building that used to be an elementary school in the village.

— Afra Wang, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2026

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