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ran the table

ran the table is the simple past of run the table.

Meaning of run the table

Verb

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

  1. To succeed in potting all of one's balls in a single turn.
  2. (broadly, figuratively) To decisively and expeditiously accomplish something.

Questions about ran the table

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

Words near ran the table in the dictionary

  1. ran the gauntlet
  2. ran the gauntlope
  3. ran the risk
  4. ran the rule over
  5. ran the show
  6. ran the table
  7. ran the whole show
  8. ran thin
  9. ran through
  10. ran to
  11. ran to earth

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