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when it ran in front of his car.
Run through =practise a dramatic work like a play quickly
Example: The cast ran through the play the day before it opened to the public.
Run through = stab or wound deeply with a knife~ sword~ etc. Example: The musketeer ran his enemy through with a sword and
killed him.
Save up = for money for a particular purpose
Example: He's saving up to buy a car.
Scare off = make someone so frightened that he or she away
Example: The vicious Doberman guard-dog scared the burglars away.
Screw up =do badly orfail
Example: David screwed up his oral exam but still managed to scrape
a pass.
Screw up = make a 'l'nCSS~ ruin
Example: He screwed up the whole project and lost his job.
See into =accompany someone into an office
Example: Her secretary saw me into her office.
See off = chase s01nebody or sO'l'nCthing away
Example: A cat came into the back garden but the dog soon saw it off.
See off = go to the airport, station~ etc.~ to saygoodbye to someone Example: I went to the station to see them off.
See out = accompany a guest to your front door when they are leaving your house