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Meaning: (usually capitalized and preceded bythe)The Kentucky Derbyhorse race.; (idiomatic,American football)Acollegefootball game or series of games played with the ultimate goal of qualifying for thechampionshipRose Bowl game.1954, Lloyd Larson, "Ohio Comes Through Like Real Champ,"Milwaukee Sentinel, 23 Nov., part 2, p. 2 (retrieved 24 Aug. 2009):Looking back at Ohio State'srun for the roses, there might be some who will insist the Buckeyes were lucky to escape defeat at least once. . . . the Buckeyes whipped a jinx in the form of premature Rose Bowl talk.; (idiomatic,by extension)Ahard-foughtcompetitionordemandingchallengeof any kind.1984,Lawrence Sanders,The Passion of Molly T.,→ISBN,page226:The time had come, Dundee acknowledged, to decide if he was serious about making arun for the roses. It was only mid-1990, but presidential campaigns had evolved into two-year affairs, and if he really had that famous "fire in his belly," now was the time.2007, Kathleen Bacus,Calamity Jayne Heads West,→ISBN,page136:I thought about leaps of faith,runs for the roses, and reaching for the stars.
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