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To preserve a lead in a game by retaining possession, to waste time.
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run out the clock — noun see clock VII * * * Sports deliberately use as much time as possible in order to preserve one s own team s advantage facing a tie, he decided to run out the clock in the final moments * * * run down/out the ˈclock idiom (US) if a sports team … Useful english dictionary
run out the clock — American & Australian, American to keep the ball away from the team competing against you at the end of a game so that they cannot score any points. The Pistons thought they were running out the clock but lost the ball and the game in the last… … New idioms dictionary
run out the clock — phrasal see kill the clock … New Collegiate Dictionary
run down the clock — run down/out the ˈclock idiom (US) if a sports team tries to run down/out the clock at the end of a game, it stops trying to score and just tries to keep hold of the ball to stop the other team from scoring compare ↑time wasting Main entry:… … Useful english dictionary
Running out the clock — In sports, running out the clock refers to the practice of a winning team allowing the clock to expire through a series of pre selected plays, either to preserve a lead or hasten the end of a one sided contest. American football In American… … Wikipedia
run down the clock — verb To waste time at the end of a match such that it is terminated by running out of time, or during a match so a time penalty is made less severe. Syn: run the clock down … Wiktionary
The Clock — Superherobox caption = Funny Picture Stories #1 (Nov, 1936). Comic Magazine Company. character name = The Clock publisher = Comic Magazine Company Ultem Quality Comics debut = Funny Pages #6 or Funny Picture Stories #1; November 1936 creators =… … Wikipedia
kill the clock — or run out the clock phrasal to use up as much as possible of the playing time remaining in a game (as football) while retaining possession of the ball or puck especially to protect a lead … New Collegiate Dictionary
Run to the Playoffs — infobox television show name = Run to the Playoffs genre = Sports runtime = 180 minutes+ starring = Bob Papa Cris Collinsworth Rich Eisen Marshall Faulk Steve Mariucci Deion Sanders Adam Schefter Tom Hammond country = United States network = NFL… … Wikipedia
run — [run] vi. ran or Dial. run, run, running [altered (with vowel prob. infl. by pp.) < ME rinnen, rennen < ON & OE: ON rinna, to flow, run, renna, to cause to run (< Gmc * rannjan); OE rinnan, iornan: both < Gmc * renwo < IE base * er … English World dictionary
