run of play
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.24 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A passage of play; a series of consecutive moments, considered as a whole.
Example Sentences
- "Except for the ending. Going down by nine points when we seemed to have the run of play was shattering."
- "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, the run of play was controlled by the guys in green until the unfortunate mistakes."