Synonyms of running through

running through

verb

present participle of run through

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

• stabbing
• piercing
• puncturing
• picking
• jabbing
• sticking
• pecking
• spitting
• transpiercing
• impaling
• spearing
• spiking
• transfixing
• harpooning
• poking
• lancing
• goring
• slicing
• pinking
• punching
• skewering
• dirking
• perforating
• spindling
• gimleting
• poniarding
• riddling
• pronging
• cutting
• bayoneting
• thrusting
• pinpricking
• pricking
• quilling
• knifing
• piking

2

as in spending

to use up carelessly

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• spending
• losing
• throwing away
• trifling (away)
• frittering (away)
• fiddling away
• wasting
• playing ducks and drakes with
• dissipating
• squandering
• lavishing
• blowing
• misspending
• laying out
• consuming
• exhausting
• depleting
• overspending
• impoverishing
• disbursing
• splurging
• indulging
• expending
• shooting
• overindulging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• conserving
• protecting
• preserving
• saving
• economizing
• laying up
• skimping
• scrimping
• hoarding

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of running through

Expect some traffic back-ups at the beginning and end of the game as parking lots empty and drivers hit the road in what is a construction zone on highways running through downtown. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026

In fact, the Antichrist and eschatology are arguably the central religious impulse running through American Christianity, and that focus distinguishes the US from most other churches and cultures around the globe. — David Gibson, The Verge, 20 Oct. 2026

Give workers a reason to share On October 2, Norway’s government and eight employer and union organizations signed an AI agreement running through 2029. — Christoph Trattner, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026

The long effort to identify Vietnam’s war dead The recovery is part of a nationwide 500-day campaign running through July 2027 to locate the remains of about 7,000 war dead and identify them. — Aniruddha Ghosal, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Ferrara remembers mentally running through a series of increasingly desperate responses. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026

Located at 30 Galerie de Montpensier, the 323-square-foot space will be inaugurated by a solo exhibition for Deborah Roberts, running through November 28. — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

The recovery is part of a nationwide 500-day campaign running through July 2027 to locate the remains of about 7,000 war dead and identify them. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

Amazon Prime Day is here (and running through Wednesday), meaning a boatload of Prime Day furniture deals on almost every type of seating and storage just dropped. — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026