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run game en · NOUN

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  1. The running component of a team's offense, as distinct from passing and kicking.
    • Tristan Wirfs should help. His diverse athletic background — his past in wrestling, in particular — informed his approach to playing offensive tackle. An absolute mauler in the run game and a reliable pass-blocker, Wirfs played mostly right tackle at Iowa and ceded only 40 quarterback pressures on 1,138 pass-blocking snaps at Iowa, according to Pro Football Focus. 2020 April 23, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2020:

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run games Number=Plur lexicographic

run game en · VERB

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  1. (qualifier:African-American Vernacular) To run game on someone; to cheat someone.
    • If you ain't running game, say my name. 1999, “Say My Name”, in The Writing's on the Wall, performed by Destiny's Child:

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