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running the clock down

running the clock down is the present participle and gerund of run the clock down.

Meaning of run the clock down

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

Questions about running the clock down

What is running the clock down the present participle and gerund of?
Running the clock down is the present participle and gerund of run the clock down.

Words near running the clock down in the dictionary

  1. running strollers
  2. running target
  3. running targets
  4. running text
  5. running texts
  6. running the clock down
  7. running the gamut
  8. running the gantlope
  9. running the gauntlet
  10. running the gauntlope
  11. running the risk

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