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ran the clock down

ran the clock down is the simple past of run the clock down.

Meaning of run the clock down

Verb

run the clock down (third-person singular simple present runs the clock down, present participle running the clock down, simple past ran the clock down, past participle run the clock down)

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To run down the clock.
    • The only time I ever worried was when quarterbacks would run the clock down in the last 20 seconds […]1981, Norm Schachter, Close Calls: The Confessions of an NFL Referee, page 59

Questions about ran the clock down

What is ran the clock down the simple past of?
Ran the clock down is the simple past of run the clock down.

Words near ran the clock down in the dictionary

  1. ran short
  2. ran someone off their feet
  3. ran someone ragged
  4. ran someone's file
  5. ran something up the flagpole
  6. ran the clock down
  7. ran the gamut
  8. ran the gantlope
  9. ran the gauntlet
  10. ran the gauntlope
  11. ran the risk

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