run of play

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic,sports,games)A passage of play; a series of consecutive moments, considered as a whole.2005,Sean Dooley,The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page225:Except for the ending. Going down by nine points when we seemed to have therun of playwas shattering.2010April 25, Joshua Mayers, “Sounders FC 0, Toronto FC 2 -- postgame thoughts and player ratings”, inSeattle Times‎[1]:Was it a dominating performance? No. Were you expecting dominance? Fact is, Sounders FC created more than twice the chances of the home team. While the finishing was sub-par, therun of playwas controlled by the guys in green until the unfortunate mistakes.

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