back run

noun

a period during which a particular process, as the flow of materials in manufacturing, is reversed.
Australian. a tract of dry land in the public domain used as an auxiliary pasture by owners of adjacent private property.

It is hollow, and along its back run metal teeth, which are played with a small stick or brush.

A quarter-back run caught Steve Edwards napping and put the pigskin on the seven yards.

Warden failed to gain and a quarter-back run netted but three yards.

Her second, a quarter-back run, came to an inglorious end, Bacon being nailed well back of the line.

My head aches as if it would split, and all down my back run sharp pains.

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