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run the clock down

run the clock down verb: to run down the clock.

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

Forms of run the clock down

third-person singular presentruns the clock down
present participlerunning the clock down
pastran the clock down
past participlerun the clock down

Questions about run the clock down

What does run the clock down mean?
Run the clock down means to run down the clock.
What part of speech is run the clock down?
Run the clock down is a verb.
What is the past tense of run the clock down?
The past tense of run the clock down is ran the clock down.

Words near run the clock down in the dictionary

  1. run someone ragged
  2. run someone's file
  3. run something up the flagpole
  4. run tee
  5. run tees
  6. run the clock down
  7. run the gamut
  8. run the gantlope
  9. run the gauntlet
  10. run the gauntlope
  11. run the guard

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