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run out the clock
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run out the clock  (American & Australian) also kill the clock (American)
to keep the ball away from the team competing against you at the end of a game so that they cannot score any points The Pistons thought they were running out the clock but lost the ball and the game in the last nine seconds.
See race against the clock, watch the clock, work against the clock
See also: clock, out, run


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The solution is simple: kill the clock when the ball goes dead.
Prouty tried to kill the clock as much as possible for the rest of the half, but Leicester wound up the ball at the Panthers' 31 with 12 seconds left.
Rutgers was unable to kill the clock and the Bulls got one more shot to keep their perfect season alive, starting at the Rutgers 49.
 
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