good run

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Originally referring to theatrical performances.

Noun[edit]

good run (plural good runs)

  1. (idiomatic) Success over an extended period.
    to have a good run
    • 2013 April 15, Nils Pratley, “Gold has had a good run but don't be surprised now that it's falling”, in The Guardian[1]:
      Gold has had a good run but don't be surprised now that it's falling [title]
    • 2016 June 23, Lucy Mangan, “Goodbye to The Good Wife, a miracle of the small screen”, in The Guardian[2]:
      It’s been the very definition of a good run. After seven series and 156 episodes, Alicia Florrick’s story has ended – in a way, where it began; with a well-deserved slap delivered by a rightly furious woman in an anonymous corridor.
    • 2018, “Drunk in LA”, performed by Beach House:
      I had a good run playing horses in my mind / Left my heart out somewhere running