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run sb out

phrasal verb with run
 
 
/rʌn/ verb (present participle running, past tense ran, past participle run)

Definition

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.CricketGeneral terms used in ball sports
(Definition of run sb out from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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