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ran game

ran game is the simple past of run game.

Meaning of run game

Verb

run game (third-person singular simple present runs game, present participle running game, simple past ran game, past participle run game)

  1. (African-American Vernacular) To run game on someone; to cheat someone.
    • If you ain't running game, say my name.1999, “Say My Name”, in The Writing's on the Wall, performed by Destiny's Child

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Questions about ran game

What is ran game the simple past of?
Ran game is the simple past of run game.

Words near ran game in the dictionary

  1. ran for it
  2. ran for one's life
  3. ran for the exercise
  4. ran for the hills
  5. ran from the tongue
  6. ran game
  7. ran game on
  8. ran hands
  9. ran high
  10. ran hot
  11. ran hot and cold

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