run through

1. 1.

   apply thoroughly; think through

   “We worked through an example”

   Synonymswork throughgo through

   Broaderwork

   Narrowerwhip through
2. 2.

   use up (resources or materials)

   “this car consumes a lot of gas”

   “We exhausted our savings”

   “They run through 20 bottles of wine a week”

   Synonymsconsumeeat upuse upeatdepleteexhaustwipe out

   Broaderspend

   Narrowerrun outdrainindulgeburn offspendrun down

Questions about run through

What does run through mean?

run through means "apply thoroughly; think through". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for run through?

Close synonyms include work through, go through, consume, eat up, use up. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is run through a common word?

run through is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.