Meanings
verbsoak the runner (third-person singular simple present soaks the runner, present participle soaking the runner, simple past and past participle soaked the runner)
present singular third person soaks the runner · participle present soaking the runner · participle past soaked the runner · past soaked the runner
- slangball gamesTo throw the ball at the runner in order to "tag" him out (illegal after 1845).
Synonyms: plug the runner
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo throw the ball at the runner in order to "tag" him out (illegal after 1845).
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soak the runner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soak%20the%20runner
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “soak the runner,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soak%20the%20runner.
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