run down the clock (English, verb)
expansion: run down the clock (third-person singular simple present runs down the clock, present participle running down the clock, simple past ran down the clock, past participle run down the clock)
Senses:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To waste time at the end of a match such that it is terminated by running out of time, or during a match so a time penalty is made less severe.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: runs down the clock
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: running down the clock
tags: participle
present
form: ran down the clock
tags: past
form: run down the clock
tags: participle
past