run-off

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English

Etymology

Deverbal from run off.

Noun

run-off (countable and uncountable, plural run-offs)

  1. Alternative spelling of runoff
  2. (motor racing) A run-off area; a paved area around the track at a spot that drivers are likely to go off, as opposed to a gravel trap, grass or a barrier.
    • 2019 September 8, Andrew Benson, BBC Sport:
      Twelve laps later, Leclerc locked up at the first chicane and clattered over the run-off area. Again, Hamilton got a run on him, and this time Leclerc defended robustly through the flat-out Curva Grande, moving very late to block Hamilton to the Ferrari's left.

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