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run of play en · NOUN

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Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) A passage of play; a series of consecutive moments, considered as a whole.
    • Except for the ending. Going down by nine points when we seemed to have the run of play was shattering. 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 225:
    • Was it a dominating performance? No. Were you expecting dominance? Fact is, Sounders FC created more than twice the chances of the home team. While the finishing was sub-par, the run of play was controlled by the guys in green until the unfortunate mistakes. 2010 April 25, Joshua Mayers, “Sounders FC 0, Toronto FC 2 -- postgame thoughts and player ratings”, in Seattle Times:

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state of play