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soak the runner

soak the runner verb: to throw the ball at the runner in order to "tag" him out (illegal after 1845).

Verb

soak the runner (third-person singular simple present soaks the runner, present participle soaking the runner, simple past and past participle soaked the runner)

  1. (slang) To throw the ball at the runner in order to "tag" him out (illegal after 1845).
    Synonyms:
    plug the runner

Synonyms of soak the runner

Forms of soak the runner

third-person singular presentsoaks the runner
present participlesoaking the runner
past participlesoaked the runner
pastsoaked the runner

Questions about soak the runner

What does soak the runner mean?
Soak the runner means to throw the ball at the runner in order to "tag" him out (illegal after 1845).
What part of speech is soak the runner?
Soak the runner is a verb.
What is the past tense of soak the runner?
The past tense of soak the runner is soaked the runner.

Words near soak the runner in the dictionary

  1. soak
  2. soak away
  3. soak in
  4. soak test
  5. soak tests
  6. soak the runner
  7. soak up
  8. soakable
  9. soakage
  10. soakages
  11. soakaway

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