run-out

noun

• 1 Cricket the dismissal of a batsman by being run out: TV assistance for umpires in run-outs and stumpings

• 2 informal a short session of play, practice, or participation in sporting competition, especially at the beginning of a season or after a period of absence due to injury: a mid-morning run-out, going over all the moves

• 3a slight error in a rotating tool, machine component, etc. such as being off-centre or not exactly round: [mass noun]:slight run-out in your drill can make the holes oversized run-outs are bound to occur

• 4a length of time or stretch of ground over which something gradually ceases or is brought to an end or a halt:the commission recommended abolition after a run-out of ten years