run down the clock

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic,sports)Towaste timeat the end of amatchsuch that it is terminated by running out of time, or during a match so a time penalty is made less severe.2010December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, inBBC‎[1]:Energetic Malouda was denied twice by Jussi Jaaskelainen late on before Ancelottiran down the clockby introducing Salomon Kalou and Paulo Ferreira in the closing seconds as Chelsea arrested their slide.

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