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runs the table

runs the table is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 runs the table

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

Words near runs the table in the dictionary

  1. runs the gauntlet
  2. runs the gauntlope
  3. runs the risk
  4. runs the rule over
  5. runs the show
  6. runs the table
  7. runs the whole show
  8. runs thin
  9. runs through
  10. runs to
  11. runs to earth

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