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running the table

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

Meaning of run the table

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.

Questions about running the table

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

Words near running the table in the dictionary

  1. running the gauntlet
  2. running the gauntlope
  3. running the risk
  4. running the rule over
  5. running the show
  6. running the table
  7. running the whole show
  8. running therapies
  9. running therapy
  10. running thin
  11. running through

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