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Definition of “the runs”

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the runs

Definitions

  1. (slang) diarrhoea
See run (sense 86)

runs (rĘŚnz) 

Definitions

plural noun

  1. the runs diarrhoea (informal)

Example Sentences Including 'the runs'

AP VIZAG ODI A familiar story: win the toss, pile on the runs , and let the literal and figurative heat do the rest.
Outlook India (2005)
Earlier in the year Lidle meant instant offence for the Toronto Blue Jays who poured on the runs for him.
Globe and Mail (2003)
I don't mind you bringing them on the runs when you're here.
Magnus Mills THE SCHEME FOR FULL EMPLOYMENT (2003)
New Zealand knocked off the runs inside 18 overs for the loss of three wickets, all taken during a ferocious spell by Stephen Harmison.
Sun, News of the World (2004)
Not all the hits were clean line drives and not all the runs were untainted.
Globe and Mail (2003)
Owen is out of tonight's clash at Valencia with a severe case of the runs.
Sun, News of the World (2005)
When things have gone wrong and the runs have refused to come, I have usually worked out the problems and the cures myself, sooner or later.
Gooch, Graham Out of the Wilderness

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