school run

noun

A period of increased traffic where parents or carers take or collect children to and from school by car; a journey for this purpose during this period.

“The roads are crammed with parents on the school run.”

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Meanings

nounschool run (plural school runs)

plural school runs

  1. UKA period of increased traffic where parents or carers take or collect children to and from school by car; a journey for this purpose during this period.

    The roads are crammed with parents on the school run.

    2 more examples

    Would you mind doing the school run for James this morning?

    A billion trips are made on the school run every year and, between us, parents produce two million extra tons of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, a cause of global warming.

    2006 April 30, Cole Moreton, “The school run”, in The Independent
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APA

school run. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/school%20run

MLA

“school run.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/school%20run. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “school run,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/school%20run.

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