| Front | runner |
|---|---|
| Back | run‧ner /ˈrʌnə $ -ər/ noun [countable] 1someone who runs for sport or pleasure → jogger: a long-distance runner a marathon runner 2a horse that runs in a race: The runners and riders appear in Friday’s Racing Post. 3do a runner British English informal to leave somewhere quickly in order to avoid paying for something or having to meet someone: By the time the police got there, the boys had done a runner. 4one of the two thin pieces of metal under a sledge, or the single piece of metal under a skate 5the bar of wood or metal that a drawer or curtain slides along 6technical a stem on a plant that grows along the ground and then puts down roots to form a new plant 7a long narrow piece of cloth or carpet → drug runner, → gun runner at gun-running, → front-runner |
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