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rat run en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) A small, usually minor road used by a significant amount of traffic as a short cut or to avoid congestion on more major routes.
    • This week Wykeham Street in Scarborough was named as the worst rat run in Britain. […] A ‘rat run’ sounds like some sort of charity jog by rodents keen to improve their image, but it is of course a side street that suffers from being heavily used by through-traffic as a short-cut. 2007, John O'Farrell, I Have A Bream, Black Swan, →ISBN, page 43:

Forms

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rat runs Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (1)

de Schleichweg (minor road)

rat run en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To drive through residential streets to avoid congestion on the main roads.

Forms

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rat runs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
rat running Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rat run Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
rat ran Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

divebomb (to drive through residential streets to avoid congestion)