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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

run the clock down en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
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