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runs the clock down

runs the clock down is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 runs the clock down

What is runs the clock down the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Runs the clock down is the third-person singular simple present indicative of run the clock down.

Words near runs the clock down in the dictionary

  1. runs short
  2. runs someone off their feet
  3. runs someone ragged
  4. runs someone's file
  5. runs something up the flagpole
  6. runs the clock down
  7. runs the gamut
  8. runs the gantlope
  9. runs the gauntlet
  10. runs the gauntlope
  11. runs the risk

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