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un out of milk - can you nip down to the shop and get some? 32
run out on. desert, abandon, leave high and dry, forsake, leave
in the lurch, leave holding the baby: Despite all his promises,
Edgar ran out on her when she became pregnant. 33 run over. a
See 26 (d), above. b scan, run through, go over, look over,
flip or leaf or thumb through, look at, skim (through), browse
through, dip into, review: I promised Casey I would run over
his article if I had the time. c overflow, spill (over), brim
over, slosh over, pour over; extend, reach, spread over, stretch
over; exceed, go beyond, overreach, overshoot, surpass,
transcend: She accidentally let the bath run over, ruining the
ceiling below. This article will run over onto the next page.
McClelland always runs over the time allotted to his part of the
proceedings. d rehearse, run through, repeat, practise, review,
go over, study, learn, memorize: You'd best run over your
speech again before the banquet. 34 run through. a pierce,
stab, transfix, stick, spit: In the last scene, the hero runs
the villain through with his sword before succumbing to his own
wounds. b squander, consume, use up, waste, fritter away,
exhaust, deplete, spend, dissipate, throw away, Slang blow: It
didn't take Hugh more than a year to run through his
inheritance. c See 33 (b), above.
--n. 35 sprint, dash, race, jog, trot: They go for a two-mile
run every morning before breakfast. 36 trip, journey, visit,
drive, expedition, trek, outing, excursion, jaunt, junket,
sojourn, Colloq spin, joyride: He has to make a run over to
Paris for the weekend, supposedly on business. 37 route,
routine, circuit, passage, trip, cycle, round; beat: I was on
the Murmansk run during the war. 38 period, spate, interval,
time, spell, stretch, course; engagement, booking, Colloq patch:
Roger has had a run of bad luck and could use some help. The
show had a long run on Broadway. 39 access, freedom, liberty:
The children had the run of the house for a week while their
parents were away. 40 return, satisfaction, reward, recompense,
compensation, requital, expiation, atonement, repayment,
remuneration: Although the odds are never in your favour, you
get a good run for your money at Diamond Lil's Gambling
Emporium. 41 series, sequence, stream, spate, string,
succession, progression: Will attributed his poor showing at
the tournament to a bad run of cards. 42 stream, brook, runnel,
creek, rill, rivulet, Brit beck, Scots burn, US branch, kill:
There is a small run at the bottom of the hill. 43 demand,