run game

noun, verb — 2 senses

run game

noun
1

American football, Ball games, Football, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports The running component of a team's offense, as distinct from passing and kicking.

  • Tristan Wirfs should help. His diverse athletic background — his past in wrestling, in particular — informed his approach to playing offensive tackle. An absolute mauler in the run game and a reliable pass-blocker, Wirfs played mostly right tackle at Iowa and ceded only 40 quarterback pressures on 1,138 pass-blocking snaps at Iowa, according to Pro Football Focus.2020 April 23, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2020:

run game

verb
1

To run game on someone; to cheat someone.

African-American Vernacular

  • If you ain't running game, say my name.1999, “Say My Name”, in The Writing's on the Wall, performed by Destiny's Child:

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