Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

run the rule over

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.81 in modern English

Syllables: run the rule over
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To examine carefully and thoroughly.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The doctor found his patient propped up on a doorstep. Having, as he expressed it afterwards, "run the rule over him," he prescribed a glass of water and an hour's rest. The man was shaken, that was all."
"The captain used to to^([sic]) run the rule over every new recruit, like a protective father inspecting the boy his darling daughter had brought home to tea. He was obsessive about it."

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

runs the rule over (present, singular) running the rule over (participle, present) ran the rule over (past)

Questions

What does run the rule over mean?: To examine carefully and thoroughly.

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