Plz explain "run names by us"
From Hard Choice," Bill, remembering his hectic transition, guessed that he wanted to run names by us for White House and Cabinet positions.” what is "run names" is it a slang?

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"run (something) by" means "suggest".

He wanted to run names by us.
He wanted to suggest names to us.

She had some ideas she wanted to run by us.
She has some ideas she wanted to suggest to us.

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"...is it slang?" The noun "slang" is uncountable, so we never say "a slang".