Definition of Run-through

1. Noun. An uninterrupted rehearsal.

Generic synonyms: Dry Run, Rehearsal
Derivative terms: Run Through

Definition of Run-through

1. Noun. A rehearsal of a drama, especially an uninterrupted one, but with no makeup or costume ¹

2. Noun. A brief outline of the main points of something; a rundown ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Run-through

run-aways
run-down
run-ins
run-length encoding
run-length encodings
run-o'-the-mill
run-of-the-mill
run-of-the-mine
run-off
run-on
run-on sentence
run-on sentences
run-ons
run-resistant
run-through (current term)
run-time
run-time error
run-up
run-ups
run a bath
run a mile
run a red light
run a risk
run about
run across
run afoul
run afoul of
run after
run aground

Literary usage of Run-through

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The pieces are now run through a continuous washing machine, which is provided with a plentiful supply of water. The machine, Fie. 4. ..."

2. The Friends' Library: Comprising Journals, Doctrinal Treatises , and Other by William Evans, Thomas Evans (1838)
"a wall, run through a troop, and to break that which is as a bow of steel spiritually, that otherwise cannot be got over, run through, nor broken. ..."

3. Enquiry Into Plants and Minor Works on Odours and Weather Signs by Theophrastus (1916)
"Most obvious are certain changes in regard to the way in which animals are produced, and such changes run through a series of ..."

4. The Popular Science MonthlyScience (1893)
"Run through the M. of Europe (9 p.). T: M. Brewer, 11 : 473. Ward's Natural Science Establishment (2 p.). J. Leidy, 16 : 613. [Warren Museum] In A gigantic ..."

5. Recollections of a Rebel Reefer by James Morris Morgan (1917)
"CHAPTER XI Run through the US blockading fleet — Out of our reckoning — Bermuda — Blockade-runners throw money into the street — Commodore Wilkes's famous ..."

6. Two of the Saxon Chronicles Parallel: With Supplementary Extracts from the by John Earle, Charles Plummer (1899)
"... and this scepticism is increased by the evidently artificial system of chronology which has been often noticed to run through the arrangement of thems, ..."

7. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The pieces are now run through a continuous washing machine, which is provided with a plentiful supply of water. The machine, Fie. 4. ..."

8. The Friends' Library: Comprising Journals, Doctrinal Treatises , and Other by William Evans, Thomas Evans (1838)
"a wall, run through a troop, and to break that which is as a bow of steel spiritually, that otherwise cannot be got over, run through, nor broken. ..."

9. Enquiry Into Plants and Minor Works on Odours and Weather Signs by Theophrastus (1916)
"Most obvious are certain changes in regard to the way in which animals are produced, and such changes run through a series of ..."

10. The Popular Science MonthlyScience (1893)
"Run through the M. of Europe (9 p.). T: M. Brewer, 11 : 473. Ward's Natural Science Establishment (2 p.). J. Leidy, 16 : 613. [Warren Museum] In A gigantic ..."

11. Recollections of a Rebel Reefer by James Morris Morgan (1917)
"CHAPTER XI Run through the US blockading fleet — Out of our reckoning — Bermuda — Blockade-runners throw money into the street — Commodore Wilkes's famous ..."

12. Two of the Saxon Chronicles Parallel: With Supplementary Extracts from the by John Earle, Charles Plummer (1899)
"... and this scepticism is increased by the evidently artificial system of chronology which has been often noticed to run through the arrangement of thems, ..."

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