rat run
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rat run
noun rat runs
- A small, usually minor road used by a significant amount of traffic as a short cut or to avoid congestion on more major routes. This week Wykeham Street in Scarborough was named as the worst rat run in Britain. […] A ‘rat run’ sounds like some sort of charity jog by rodents keen to improve their image, but it is of course a side street that suffers from being heavily used by through-traffic as a short-cut.
verb rat runs · rat running · rat ran · rat run
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To drive through residential streets to avoid congestion on the main roads.
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noun minor road
| Deutsch | Schleichweg |
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Talk about this word "rat run." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/rat%20run. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. rat run. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/rat%20run "rat run." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/rat%20run.
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@misc{rat_run_2026,
title = {rat run},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rat%20run},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
