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rat running

rat running is the present participle and gerund of rat run.

Meaning of rat run

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To drive through residential streets to avoid congestion on the main roads.
    Synonyms:
    divebomb

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Questions about rat running

What is rat running the present participle and gerund of?
Rat running is the present participle and gerund of rat run.

Words near rat running in the dictionary

  1. rat rod
  2. rat rods
  3. rat run
  4. rat runner
  5. rat runners
  6. rat running
  7. rat runs
  8. rat shot
  9. rat snake
  10. rat snakes
  11. rat stache

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rat running (page history and authors); rat run (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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