RUN (SOMETHING) BY/PAST (SOMEBODY)


Meaning of RUN (SOMETHING) BY/PAST (SOMEBODY) in English

run something by/past somebody phrasal verb ( see also ↑ run )

1 . to tell someone something so that they can give you their opinion:

Let me run some figures by you.

I just wanted to run it past you and see what you thought.

2 . run that by me again spoken used to ask someone to repeat what they have just said because you did not completely understand it

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.