good run

noun

Success over an extended period.

“to have a good run”

Meanings

noungood run (plural good runs)

plural good runs

  1. idiomaticSuccess over an extended period.

    to have a good run

    3 more examples

    Gold has had a good run but don't be surprised now that it's falling [title]

    2013 April 15, Nils Pratley, “Gold has had a good run but don't be surprised now that it's falling”, in The Guardian

    It’s been the very definition of a good run. After seven series and 156 episodes, Alicia Florrick’s story has ended – in a way, where it began; with a well-deserved slap delivered by a rightly furious woman in an anonymous corridor.

    2016 June 23, Lucy Mangan, “Goodbye to The Good Wife, a miracle of the small screen”, in The Guardian

    I had a good run playing horses in my mind / Left my heart out somewhere running

    2018, “Drunk in LA”, performed by Beach House

Origin

Originally referring to theatrical performances.

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APA

good run. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/good%20run

MLA

“good run.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/good%20run. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “good run,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/good%20run.

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