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run-off en · NOUN

Etymology

Deverbal from run off.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative spelling of runoff.
   alt of runoff
2. (countable, uncountable) A run-off area; a paved area around the track at a spot that drivers are likely to go off, as opposed to a gravel trap, grass or a barrier.
   • Twelve laps later, Leclerc locked up at the first chicane and clattered over the run-off area. Again, Hamilton got a run on him, and this time Leclerc defended robustly through the flat-out Curva Grande, moving very late to block Hamilton to the Ferrari's left. 2019 September 8, Andrew Benson, BBC Sport:

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