run like a dry creek

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#1·4h ago

(simile, US, colloquial, politics) To run for political office with little chance of success.

Origin: A pun on two senses of run: to flow (as in "running water") and to stand for election. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·4h ago

(simile, US, colloquial) To run (in various senses) badly or not at all.

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