runs through
Extends across completely
Runs through covers several related ideas of passage and penetration.
To run through a document or list is to review it quickly: Let me run through the agenda.
To run through money is to spend it rapidly: He ran through his inheritance in two years.
A theme or quality that runs through something pervades it: Anxiety runs through all her work.
More literally, to run someone through is to stab them with a sword or blade, piercing from one side to the other.
Uses until gone
- uses upConsumes entirely
- drainsPipes removing wastewater
- spendsPays out funds
- consumesTakes in completely
expends · dissipates · squanders · wastes · bleeds dry · empties · saps · wears out
Prepares by repeating
- practicesRepeated training sessions
- goes overExamines or surpasses
- recapsBrief summaries of events
- summarizesRestates in brief
recites · repeats · drills · covers · outlines · briefs · recapitulates · iterates
Passes sharply through
- permeatesPasses through entirely
- traversesPasses across entirely
- percolatesFilters slowly through
- infiltratesEnters covertly, often undetected
Passes through entirely
- suffusesSpreads gradually through
- saturatesFills to maximum capacity
- infusesSaturates with quality
- imbuesPervades thoroughly with
underlies · characterizes · dominates · defines · colors · shapes · influences · animates
Pierces with pointed object
- skewersPointed rods for cooking
- piercesPasses sharply through
- spearsPointed pole weapons
- transfixesHolds motionless with fascination
gores · lances · bayonets · swords · dispatches
depletes
Uses until gone
consumes · expends · dissipates · squanders · wastes · bleeds dry · empties · saps · wears out · fritters away
rehearses
Prepares by repeating
summarizes · recites · repeats · drills · covers · outlines · briefs · recapitulates · iterates · checks
pierces
Passes sharply through
- permeatesPasses through entirely
- traversesPasses across entirely
- percolatesFilters slowly through
permeates
Passes through entirely
imbues · underlies · characterizes · dominates · defines · colors · shapes · influences · animates · marks
impales
Pierces with pointed object
transfixes · gores · lances · bayonets · swords · dispatches
runs throughgoes around
Travels around something
bypasses · skirts · circumvents · avoids · circles
runs throughpores over
Studies carefully and thoroughly
scrutinizes · skips · ignores · neglects
runs throughconserves
Protects from depletion
saves · hoards · preserves · stockpiles · accumulates
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