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getting a run on

getting a run on is the present participle and gerund of get a run on.

Meaning of get a run on

Verb

get a run on (third-person singular simple present gets a run on, present participle getting a run on, simple past got a run on, past participle (UK) got a run on or (US) gotten a run on)

  1. To catch up with and get a chance at passing or overtaking.
    • On lap 23, Hamilton got a run on Leclerc into the second chicane after the two had overtaken Nico Hulkenberg's out-of-stop-sequence Renault down the main straight.2019 September 8, Andrew Benson, BBC Sport

Questions about getting a run on

What is getting a run on the present participle and gerund of?
Getting a run on is the present participle and gerund of get a run on.

Words near getting a run on in the dictionary

  1. getting a move on
  2. getting a pair
  3. getting a rise
  4. getting a rise from
  5. getting a rise out of
  6. getting a run on
  7. getting a sad on
  8. getting a wiggle on
  9. getting a word in
  10. getting a word in edgeways
  11. getting a word in edgewise

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Adapted from Wiktionary: getting a run on (page history and authors); get a run on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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