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school run

school run noun: a period of increased traffic where parents or carers take or collect children to and from school by car; a journey for this purpose during this period.

Noun

school run (plural school runs)

  1. (UK) A period of increased traffic where parents or carers take or collect children to and from school by car; a journey for this purpose during this period.
    • The roads are crammed with parents on the school run.
    • Would you mind doing the school run for James this morning?

Forms of school run

pluralschool runs

Questions about school run

What does school run mean?
School run means a period of increased traffic where parents or carers take or collect children to and from school by car; a journey for this purpose during this period.
What part of speech is school run?
School run is a noun.
What is the plural of school run?
The plural of school run is school runs.

Words near school run in the dictionary

  1. school psychologists
  2. school refusal
  3. school refusals
  4. school resource officer
  5. school resource officers
  6. school run
  7. school runs
  8. school shark
  9. school sharks
  10. school shooter
  11. school shooters

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