Definition of "run-through" [run-through]

• An uninterrupted rehearsal: did a run-through of act one. (noun)
• A brief outline or summary. (noun)

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• "As all 80 of us line up backstage, I do another word run-through of the two songs I know least, the warp-speed Hela'r Sgyfarnog (Hunting the Hare) and the melancholy ballad Cennin Aur (Daffodils)."
• "And who can say whether the differences were a result of the first run-through preparing the musicians for the second one in a free-for-all discussion, one of the performers remarked, "It's like a marriage: at first we just moved in together, and then we learned something about the quirks we each have"; or of the changed, more informal atmospherics; or any number of other factors?"
• ""I texted her from our run-through and asked if she would DJ," said Mr. Benz."