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Definition/Meaning

(verb)

quick or surmised reading or rehearsal in preparation for something;

e.g. They did a run through of the play the day before the show was to open for public viewing.

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Similar Words

Abstract

Blow

Breviary

Brief

Capsule

Conspectus

Digest

Dissipate

Epitome

Gore

Harpoon

Impale

Inventory

Jab

Lance

Lavish

Lose

Misspend

Outline

Peck

Pierce

Pink

Preview

Puncture

Recapitulation

Resume

Roundup

Rundown

Skewer

Spear

Spend

Spike

Spit

Squander

Stab

Stick

Sum-up

Summa

Summarization

Summary

Summing-up

Synopsis

Transfix

Waste

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Opposite Words

Addendum

Amplification

Economize

Enlargement

Expansion

Hoard

Preserve

Protect

Save

Scrimp

Skimp

Supplement

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Related Words

Abbreviation

Abridgment

Bayonet

Compendium

Conclusion

Condensation

Consume

Curtailment

Cut

Deplete

Dirk

Disburse

Exhaust

Expend

Gimlet

Impoverish

Indulge

Knife

Overindulge

Overspend

Perforate

Pike

Pinprick

Poke

Poniard

Practice

Prick

Prong

Punch

Quill

Rehash

Rehearsal

Reprise

Riddle

Shoot

Shortening

Slice

Spindle

Splurge

Thrust

Trial

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