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back run
noun
- a period during which a particular process, as the flow of materials in manufacturing, is reversed.
- Australian. a tract of dry land in the public domain used as an auxiliary pasture by owners of adjacent private property.
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It is hollow, and along its back run metal teeth, which are played with a small stick or brush.
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A quarter-back run caught Steve Edwards napping and put the pigskin on the seven yards.
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Warden failed to gain and a quarter-back run netted but three yards.
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Her second, a quarter-back run, came to an inglorious end, Bacon being nailed well back of the line.
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My head aches as if it would split, and all down my back run sharp pains.
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