| 单词 | to run out the clock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto run out the clock 24. transitive. to run out the clock and variants. extracted from runv. a. Sport. To attempt to preserve a winning or advantageous position by refraining from making an active attempt to score, playing more slowly, etc.; to allow time to lapse intentionally, esp. near the end of a game or match and by a team that is in the lead. Cf. to run down the clock at Phrasal verbs 1. ΚΠ 1942 N.Y. Times 7 Dec. 30/1 The Giants ran out the clock without any trouble. 1968 F. Exley Fan's Notes (1985) 69 And the Lions, having finally taken over the ball, were a good way up the field, playing ball control and running out the clock, before my mind accepted the evidence of my eyes. 1985 Black Belt Nov. 119 I told her to run the clock out, but the black belt from Turkey had other ideas. 2009 R. Lazenby Jerry West 103 At the end, West was dribbling to run out the clock. b. To waste time, stall, prevaricate intentionally; to go through the motions. ΘΚΠ the world > time > spending time > spend time or allow time to pass [verb (transitive)] > waste time leese?c1225 losea1340 defer1382 wastea1400 slip1435 consumea1500 superexpend1513 slow?1522 sloth1523 to fode forth1525 slack1548 dree1584 sleuth1584 confound1598 spenda1604 to fret out1608 to spin out1608 misplace1609 spend1614 tavern1628 devast1632 to drill away, on, outa1656 dulla1682 to dally away1685 squander1693 to linger awaya1704 dangle1727 dawdle1768 slim1812 diddle1826 to run out the clock1957 1957 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 24 June 8/4 When the filibuster starts again, it may well run out the clock until sine die adjournment. 1970 W. J. Vanden Heuvel & M. Gwirtzman On his Own iii. 53 The withdrawal of the Fair Campaign Practices letter climaxed the campaign and ended Keating's chances. In the last week the candidates merely ran out the clock. 1983 C. Cussler Pacific Vortex (1994) ix. 113 He hesitated, killing time, trying to run out the clock. 2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 Mar. a22/5 The imposition of any such deadline suggests a prosecutorial strategy: delay, obfuscate and run out the clock until a defendant is put to death. < as lemmas |
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