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To have ceased to retain something
“It didn't take them too many years to run through all their money.”
Past tense for to impale or stab with a pointed object
“I was thinking that it might be handy to have a wooden stake to run through the vampire's heart.”
Past tense for to quickly scan or peruse through, especially reading material
“I like to run through the daily paper each morning while I'm on the train to work.”
Past tense for to list or go through an enumerated account of
“I run through each item in the shopping list while Sally mentally checks them off.”
Past tense for to taint or afflict with something undesirable
“An immoral plague would run through this once great City of Wumpland, running it to its ruin.”
Past tense for to imbue or be present in every part of
“This sense of purpose should run through every fiber of the organization and live within every employee, from the CEO down.”
Past tense for to practice or rehearse something
“Enraged, Marge demanded that they run through the scene with the broken glass bottle again.”
Past tense for to quickly browse or skim through, especially reading material
Past tense for to summarize
Past tense for to move or proceed further along a path or course
Past tense for to engage in (typically meaningless or unimportant) conversation
Past tense for to browse an online document by moving it vertically on a screen
Past tense for to untangle or arrange (the hair) by drawing a comb through it
Past tense for to precisely state or describe the nature, scope, or meaning of
Past tense for to recall in one's memory
Past tense for to use (something) in the wrong way or for the wrong purpose
Past tense for to go past a place or location
Past tense for to review past information or data
Past tense for to die or cease living
Past tense for to wear away gradually
Past tense for to move or proceed across, over, or through
Past tense for to think about in a new way, or to reconsider something
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