Usually means: Use time to secure win.
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  1. run out the clock: Merriam-Webster
  2. run out the clock: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. run out the clock: Wiktionary
  4. run out the clock: Dictionary.com
  5. Run out the clock: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. run out the clock: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. run out the clock: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (run out the clock)

verb:  (idiomatic, sports) To preserve a lead in a game by retaining possession, to waste time.

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