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Meaning of run of play | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A passage of play; a series of consecutive moments, considered as a whole.

Examples

“Except for the ending. Going down by nine points when we seemed to have the run of play was shattering.”

“Was it a dominating performance? No. Were you expecting dominance? Fact is, Sounders FC created more than twice the chances of the home team. While the finishing was sub-par, the run of play was controlled by the guys in green until the unfortunate mistakes.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

run of press run of station run of the ball run of week run of year run off

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