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run out the clock

verb

run out the clock

verb
1

Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Idiomatic To preserve a lead in a game by retaining possession, to waste time.

Synonyms
run down the clock
Related terms
rag the puck

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — list of authors.