run through | Definition of run through

run through

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of run through

1 to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object

before I knew what was happening, the thug had run through me with a knife

Synonyms of run through

gore, harpoon, impale, jab, lance, peck, pick, pierce, pink, puncture, skewer, spear, spike, spit, stab, stick, transfix, transpierce

Words Related to run through

perforate, riddle

bayonet, dirk, gimlet, pike, poniard, prong, quill

pinprick, poke, prick, punch, thrust

cut, knife, slice

2 to use up carelessly

how did you manage to run through $300 in one day?

Synonyms of run through

blow, dissipate, fiddle away, fritter (away), lavish, lose, misspend, spend, squander, throw away, trifle (away), waste

Words Related to run through

consume, deplete, exhaust, impoverish, overspend, shoot

indulge, overindulge

disburse, expend, lay out

Phrases Synonymous with run through

play ducks and drakes with (or make ducks and drakes of)

Near Antonyms of run through

economize, scrimp, skimp

preserve, protect, save

Antonyms of run through