solo run

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solo run (plural solo runs)

  1. (Gaelic football) A run made while soloing (and possibly bouncing) the football.
  2. (figurative, Ireland) Action taken without consultation of colleagues or approval of superiors.
    • 2014 September 20, “Varadkar's solo runs show he's the wild card in the Government pack”, in Enniscorthy Guardian:
      For a start Minister Varadkar, without seeking approval from on high, set off on a solo run informing the public that not everything in the pie-in-the-sky programme for Government was achievable.
    • 2023 November 20, Rory Carroll, Lisa O'Carroll, quoting Niall Holohan, “‘It’s part of our psyche’: why Ireland sides with ‘underdog’ Palestine”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
      Ireland strives to nudge the EU towards “a more just” position but avoids solo runs, said Holohan, who noted that France and other members had echoed its call for a ceasefire. “We want to remain within the European consensus.”