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TO RUN THROUGH

Definition: TO RUN THROUGH

TO RUN THROUGH

1. (a) To go through hastily; as to run through a book. (b) To spend wastefully; as, to run through an estate.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: TO RUN THROUGH

Specialty definitions using "TO RUN THROUGH": Devil catch the Hindmost. (references)
Etymologies containing "TO RUN THROUGH": DiadromPercurrent. (references)

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Modern Usage: TO RUN THROUGH

DomainUsage

Screenplays

This is Eddie, your shipboard computer, and I'm feeling just great, guys, and I know I'm just going to get a bundle of kicks out of any program you care to run through me. (The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy; writing credit: Douglas Adams; John Lloyd)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Use in Literature: TO RUN THROUGH

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

It seemed to him, merely, that the dreary space which remained for him to run through was contracting with every instant.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: TO RUN THROUGH

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

This project is expected to run through 2036, with oil and gas production capacity peaking at 12 million tons per year and 25 billion cubic meters per year, respectively. (references)

Women

Finland

In 1997 the Government began a special program to promote women's equality during the period from 1997-99 and the program was renewed in 1999 to run through the year. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: TO RUN THROUGH

Language Translations for "TO RUN THROUGH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

végigpróbál, nyakára hág, leszúr (dagger, stab, to dagger, to knife), keresztülszúr, átszalad (to run over). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

走り抜ける , 駆け抜ける (to run past from behind). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

かけぬける (to run past from behind), はしりぬける. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

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Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: TO RUN THROUGH

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "g-h-h-n-o-o-r-r-t-t-u-u"

-2 letters: throughout.

-3 letters: unthought.

-4 letters: thorough.

-5 letters: outhunt, outrung, outturn, thought, through, turnout, unrough, untruth.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TO RUN THROUGH


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F      52 55 4E      54 48 52 4F 55 47 48

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01010010 01010101 01001110 00100000 01010100 01001000 01010010 01001111 01010101 01000111 01001000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#82 &#85 &#78 &#32 &#84 &#72 &#82 &#79 &#85 &#71 &#72

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0052 0055 004E      0054 0048 0052 004F 0055 0047 0048

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54492525548254425249554142

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Quotations: Fiction
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Translations: Modern
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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