A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

gallop through something • run through
 something
gallop through something —do and complete smth. quickly:
I seem to have galloped through the whole work, which I hope
will not suffer from not having devoted more time.
run through something —
1
. (of a rumor, gossip, etc.) pass or
spread through a place: The news ran through the town like
wild-fire. 2. read and check smth. quickly: Before the inter-
view I ran through my notes and scribbled over my questions
making them word-perfect. 3. (of money, etc.) spend fast :
Inevitably, as he ran through his fortune, which took him only
a few months, he was eventually obliged to face up to realities.
4. (of a piece of music, etc.) repeat or practice: We had a full
dress rehearsal and ran through the whole play several times.
Note:
The expression is not equivalent in meaning to the phrase
run something through
—
1
. make a film pass through a projec-
tor: We ran the film through several more times. 2. make a
hole through smth.: Do they burn the flag, spit on it, run it
through with a sword?
See also: come through something / go through something.
gamble at something • gamble in something •
gamble with something
gamble at something —risk money in a game of chance: The
men got out a pack of Mexican cards and gambled at a game
called “Coon-can.”
gamble in something —risk money by investing in a com-
modity: Matrons gambled in shares quite as wildly as did the
unkempt disreputables from the oil fields.
gamble with something —
1
. gamble using cards, dice, etc.:
They had a pack of real cards and gambled with them at Grab.
2. risk smth.: After working as an apprentice for three years,
there was no way he was going to gamble with his future.