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run-out

[ ruhn-out ]

noun

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  1. the act of evading a jump or jumping outside of the limiting markers.


run out

verb

  1. introften foll byof to exhaust (a supply of something) or (of a supply) to become exhausted
  2. intr to expire; become no longer valid

    my passport has run out

  3. run out on informal.
    to desert or abandon
  4. tr cricket to dismiss (a running batsman) by breaking the wicket with the ball, or with the ball in the hand, while he is out of his ground
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. cricket dismissal of a batsman by running him out
  2. mechanical engineering an imperfection of a rotating component so that not all parts revolve about their intended axes relative to each other
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of run-out1

First recorded in 1865–70; noun use of verb phrase run out
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Example Sentences

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The big bonus was the return of Dejan Kulusevski after injury for a 15-minute run-out.

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Only 59 runs came after Maxwell was dismissed – a brilliant run-out of Carey for 61 also crucial.

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Australia captain Steve Smith retracts an appeal from team-mate Josh Inglis to review a possible run-out in the ICC Men's Champions Trophy.

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Opener Phil Salt crashed 43 from 26 balls, including 26 from one Harshit Rana over, but his calamitous run-out began a collapse of three wickets for two runs in eight balls from 71-0.

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If it is a matter of experience rather than quality, should those fringe players have had more of run-out in the two meetings against Japan this year?

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