run the clock down en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic, intransitive) To run down the clock.
The only time I ever worried was when quarterbacks would run the clock down in the last 20 seconds […]
1981, Norm Schachter, Close Calls: The Confessions of an NFL Referee, page 59:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| runs the clock down | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| ran the clock down | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| run the clock down | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| running the clock down | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |