run sb out
— phrasal verb with run uk/rʌn/us/rʌn/verb present participle running, past tense ran, past participle run
If you are run out in cricket, a player on the opposing team throws the ball at the wicket you are running towards and hits it before you can reach it, and your turn as batsman ends:
Their best batsman was run out for (= having scored) 99.
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