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run-offs

run-offs is the plural of run-off.

Meaning of run-off

Noun

run-off (countable and uncountable, plural run-offs)

  1. A run-off area; a paved area around the track at a spot that drivers are likely to go off, as opposed to a gravel trap, grass or a barrier.
    • Twelve laps later, Leclerc locked up at the first chicane and clattered over the run-off area. Again, Hamilton got a run on him, and this time Leclerc defended robustly through the flat-out Curva Grande, moving very late to block Hamilton to the Ferrari's left.2019 September 8, Andrew Benson, BBC Sport

Questions about run-offs

What is run-offs the plural of?
Run-offs is the plural of run-off.

Words near run-offs in the dictionary

  1. run-o'-the-mill
  2. Run-O-Waters
  3. run-of-the-mill
  4. run-of-the-river
  5. run-off
  6. run-offs
  7. run-on
  8. run-on sentence
  9. run-on sentences
  10. run-ons
  11. run-out

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