Usually means: Shortcut through residential areas, avoided.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. rat run: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. rat run: Merriam-Webster
  3. rat run: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. rat-run, rat-run, rat run: Collins English Dictionary
  5. rat run: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. rat run: Wiktionary
  7. Rat run: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Rat Run: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (rat run)

noun:  (idiomatic) A small, usually minor road used by a significant amount of traffic as a short cut or to avoid congestion on more major routes.
verb:  (idiomatic) To drive through residential streets to avoid congestion on the main roads.

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