get a run on

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get a run on (third-person singular simple present gets a run on, present participle getting a run on, simple past got a run on, past participle (UK) got a run on or (US) gotten a run on)

  1. To catch up with and get a chance at passing or overtaking.
    • 2019 September 8, Andrew Benson, BBC Sport[1]:
      On lap 23, Hamilton got a run on Leclerc into the second chicane after the two had overtaken Nico Hulkenberg's out-of-stop-sequence Renault down the main straight.