phrasal verb · neutral
run past
UK/rʌn pɑːst/US/rʌn pæst/RUN·past
speakingtask2
tell someone something quickly to get their opinion; similar to 'run by'
Examples
“I'll run this past my tutor before I hand it in.”
“Can I run an idea past you?”
“He ran the proposal past several colleagues.”
Band 8 sentence
“Before we finalise the design, I'll run it past the head architect for a quick check.”
Collocations
- run something past someone
- run an idea past a colleague
Word family
run past phrasal verbran past pastrunning past gerund
Common mistakes
run by→run past
ask→run past
Say it for a higher band
5ask→6tell→7+run past
Synonyms
run by
Easily confused
run by
“I ran the idea by my manager first.”
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