From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe run of somethingthe run of somethingUSE somethingif you have the run of a place, you are allowed to go anywhere and do anything in it We had the run of the house for the afternoon. → run
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had the run of• One successful bidder was Midvale Steel; soon naval inspectors, extended every courtesy, had the run of the Midvale shops.• So I had the run of the house for the afternoon.• We had the run of the weight room, the good leather body bag. 