first run

noun

Movies.

the initial exhibition period for a film.

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Other Word Forms

first-run adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of first run¹

First recorded in 1910–15

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During the first run of “book tour” dates, there was some murmuring amongst U2 fans that this felt like they could possibly have been pilot excursions for Bono.

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Bruins first baseman Mulivai Levu doubled down the line to score Dean West for the Bruins’ first run.

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Cleanup hitter Roman Martin brought home the first run of the game with a single into left.

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He drove in the game’s first run with a two-out single in the second inning.

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A year after a not-great first run as “SNL” host, Shane Gillis, the stand-up comic who was famously fired from the show was invited back.

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