run sb/sth through
literary — phrasal verb with run /rʌn/ verb (present participle running, past tense ran, past participle run)Definition
› to push a sword or similar pointed weapon right into a person or animal: He drew his sword and ran the villain through.Cutting and stabbing
(Definition of run sb/sth through from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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run sb ragged idiom
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run sb/sth down phrasal verb (CRITICIZE)
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run sb/sth down phrasal verb (FIND)
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run sb/sth down phrasal verb (HIT)
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run sb/sth over phrasal verb
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run sb/sth to ground idiom
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run sth by sb phrasal verb
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run sth down phrasal verb
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run sth in phrasal verb
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run sth off phrasal verb
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Synonyms and related words:
- abrasion noun
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- carving noun
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- coppice verb
- cut sth down phrasal verb
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- mow verb
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- nick verb (CUT)
- notch noun (CUT)
- notch verb
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- scratch noun
- scratch verb (CUT)
- slice verb (CUT)
- trim noun (CUT)
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