underran

Verb

underrun (third-person singular simple present underruns, present participle underrunning, simple past underran, past participle underrun)

1. To run or pass under.
   • He spoke fast, with the uneasy tone that so often underran his words.1904, Katherine Cecil Thurston, The Masquerader, page 26
2. To pass along and under, e.g. a cable, for the purpose of taking it in or examining it.
3. To separate the parts of (a tackle) and put them in order.

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