From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe runsthe runsinformalMI diarrhoea → run
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the runs• I had had the runs now since that night at the Stud.• This has been a duff year for him: the runs have flowed like treacle, and Dame Fortune has turned sour.• A second possibility which is often used in fox farms is the provision of wire-mesh flooring in the runs.• Aravinda de Silva heads the talented batting line-up, but the bowlers may struggle to keep the runs down.• Miller and John Bean both kept the runs coming as the weather threatened again.• Graham Cowdrey kept the runs flowing with a hard hit 88.• Then suddenly the runs - and the hundreds - came back.• He had the occasional run of poor form, but when the runs came they came thick, fast and gloriously. 