run through sth
(EXIST) — phrasal verb with run /rʌn/ verb (present participle running, past tense ran, past participle run)Definition
› If a quality runs through something, it is in all parts of it: Melancholy runs through all her stories. Racism runs right through society.Filling and completing
(Definition of run through sth (EXIST) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- brick up sth phrasal verb
- brim verb
- crowd (sth) into sth phrasal verb
- crowd sb/sth out phrasal verb
- fill sb up phrasal verb
- filling noun
- flood verb (ARRIVE)
- occupancy noun
- occupy verb (FILL)
- overran
- overrun verb (FILL)
- pack sth/somewhere out phrasal verb
- padding noun
- plug verb (FILL HOLE)
- squeeze noun (SPACE)
- suffuse verb
- top sb up phrasal verb
- top sth up phrasal verb (LIQUID)
- wadding noun
- wall sth up phrasal verb
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