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run the table

run the table verb: to succeed in potting all of one's balls in a single turn.

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.

Forms of run the table

third-person singular presentruns the table
present participlerunning the table
pastran the table
past participlerun the table

Questions about run the table

What does run the table mean?
Run the table means to succeed in potting all of one's balls in a single turn.
What part of speech is run the table?
Run the table is a verb.
What is the past tense of run the table?
The past tense of run the table is ran the table.

Words near run the table in the dictionary

  1. run the gauntlope
  2. run the guard
  3. run the risk
  4. run the rule over
  5. run the show
  6. run the table
  7. run the whole show
  8. run thin
  9. run through
  10. run through the garden
  11. run time

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