get a run on

verb

To catch up with and get a chance at passing or overtaking.

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Meanings

verbget a run on (third-person singular simple present gets a run on, present participle getting a run on, simple past got a run on, past participle (UK) got a run on or (US) gotten a run on)

present singular third person gets a run on · participle present getting a run on · past got a run on · UK participle past got a run on · US participle past gotten a run on

  1. To catch up with and get a chance at passing or overtaking.

    On lap 23, Hamilton got a run on Leclerc into the second chicane after the two had overtaken Nico Hulkenberg's out-of-stop-sequence Renault down the main straight.

    2019 September 8, Andrew Benson, BBC Sport
Cite this entry
APA

get a run on. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20a%20run%20on

MLA

“get a run on.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20a%20run%20on. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “get a run on,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20a%20run%20on.

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