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
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rat
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: any of numerous rodents (Rattus and related genera) differing from the related mice especially by considerably larger size
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: any of various similar rodents
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: a contemptible person: such as
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: to betray, desert, or inform on one's associates
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: to catch or hunt rats
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: to work as a scab
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run
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: to go faster than a walk
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: to move at a fast gallop
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: flee, retreat, escape
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: an act or the action of running : continued rapid movement
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: a quickened gallop
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: a migration of fish (as up or down a river) especially to spawn
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: being in a melted state
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: made from molten material : cast in a mold
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: having made a migration or spawning run
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