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Eachnr Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Run Off
I think either I don't understand this, or there is a mistake in this newspaper:
"Then the team ran off four straight victories to reach the Final Four, where it lost in the semifinals to Florida, 71-59."
What is "run off"? I looked up some dictionaries, but couldn't find a good definition.
"Then the team ran off four straight victories to reach the Final Four, where it lost in the semifinals to Florida, 71-59."
What is "run off"? I looked up some dictionaries, but couldn't find a good definition.
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org/dictionary/british/run-sth-off The Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary is the place to go for this sort of thing. They don't have everything, but darned near. I am not familiar with the second definition at the link, but the first is the one the writer used.
- org/dictionary/british/run-sth-off The Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary is the place to go for this sort of thing.
- They don't have everything, but darned near.
- I am not familiar with the second definition at the link, but the first is the one the writer used.
- They ran off some victories the way we run off a few copies on the copier.
- Sportswriters are famous for torturing the language.
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http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/run-sth-off
The Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary is the place to go for this sort of thing. They don't have everything, but darned near. I am not familiar with the second definition at the link, but the first is the one the w
The Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary is the place to go for this sort of thing. They don't have everything, but darned near. I am not familiar with the second definition at the link, but the first is the one the w
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