rat run
Definition of rat run
British, informal
: a small street that connects larger roads and that drivers use to get more quickly to the place they are going
From the M-W Editors
Word by Word Definitions
: any of numerous rodents (Rattus and related genera) differing from the related mice especially by considerably larger size
: any of various similar rodents
: a contemptible person: such as
: to catch or hunt rats
: to work as a scab
: to give (hair) the effect of greater quantity (as by use of a rat)
: to go faster than a walk
: to go steadily by springing steps so that both feet leave the ground for an instant in each step
: to move at a fast gallop
: an act or the action of running : continued rapid movement
: a quickened gallop
: a migration of fish (as up or down a river) especially to spawn
: being in a melted state
: made from molten material : cast in a mold
: having made a migration or spawning run
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