phrasal verb · neutral
run through
UK/rʌn θruː/US/rʌn θru/RUN·through
speakingtask2
to practise or rehearse; to go over something in detail; to use up (money) quickly
Examples
“Let's run through the presentation once more before the interview.”
“He ran through his savings in just a few months.”
“I need to run through my notes for tomorrow’s lecture.”
Band 8 sentence
“Before the seminar I ran through my slides twice to make sure the timing was right.”
Collocations
- run through a script/presentation/notes
- run through savings
Word family
run through phrasal verb
Common mistakes
I ran through the lesson tomorrow.→I will run through the lesson tomorrow.
She run through her money.→She ran through her money.
Say it for a higher band
5check→6go over→7+run through
Synonyms
rehearse
Easily confused
go over
“We should go over the details before meeting the client.”
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