run the table

verb

To succeed in potting all of one's balls in a single turn.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person runs the table · participle present running the table · past ran the table

  1. ball gamesTo succeed in potting all of one's balls in a single turn.
  2. broadlyfigurativelyTo decisively and expeditiously accomplish something.
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APA

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

MLA

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Chicago

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

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