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A pun on two senses of run: to run for election and to travel quickly on foot.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: To run for political office with little chance of success. Full definition →
A pun on two senses of run: to run for election and to travel quickly on foot.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.