run barefoot through
run barefoot through verb: to explore or experience freely and with enjoyment.
Verb
run barefoot through (third-person singular simple present runs barefoot through, present participle running barefoot through, simple past ran barefoot through, past participle run barefoot through)
- To explore or experience freely and with enjoyment.
- The impasto surfaces — skittering, superimposed grids and crosshatchings with highly sophisticated interplays of color and rhythm — are so lush and richly textured that you want to run barefoot through them.1994, The New Yorker, page 16
- At last I obtained a copy of The Artist's Way and set to --- I almost said work, but thinking better of it, I set to running barefoot through my inner resources.1995, A View from the Loft - Volumes 18-19
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, barefoot, through.
Forms of run barefoot through
| third-person singular present | runs barefoot through |
|---|---|
| present participle | running barefoot through |
| past | ran barefoot through |
| past participle | run barefoot through |
Questions about run barefoot through
- What does run barefoot through mean?
- Run barefoot through means to explore or experience freely and with enjoyment.
- What part of speech is run barefoot through?
- Run barefoot through is a verb.
- What is the past tense of run barefoot through?
- The past tense of run barefoot through is ran barefoot through.
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