run nowhere

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Verb[edit]

run nowhere (third-person singular simple present runs nowhere, present participle running nowhere, simple past ran nowhere, past participle run nowhere)

  1. (horse racing, slang) To finish the race unplaced.

References[edit]

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary