hard-run

adjective

Subject to strenuous effort or tough competition.

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Meanings

adjectivehard-run (comparative more hard-run, superlative most hard-run)

comparative more hard-run · superlative most hard-run

  1. Subject to strenuous effort or tough competition.

    Yesterday the contest between the Duke of Richmond and Mr. Edwards at Chichester was a very hard run thing; some believe that the Duke will lose it, but I do not.

    1897, Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, The Manuscripts of the Earl of Carlisle
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APA

hard-run. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard-run

MLA

“hard-run.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard-run. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hard-run,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard-run.

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