run the clock down

verb

To run down the clock.

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Meanings

verbrun the clock down (third-person singular simple present runs the clock down, present participle running the clock down, simple past ran the clock down, past participle run the clock down)

present singular third person runs the clock down · participle present running the clock down · past ran the clock down

  1. idiomaticintransitiveTo run down the clock.

    The only time I ever worried was when quarterbacks would run the clock down in the last 20 seconds […]

    1981, Norm Schachter, Close Calls: The Confessions of an NFL Referee, page 59

Synonyms & antonyms

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APA

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

MLA

“run the clock down.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/run%20the%20clock%20down. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “run the clock down,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/run%20the%20clock%20down.

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