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"run out the string"

Posted by Ward A. Fredericks on August 09, 2003

In the US, "to run out the string" is a metaphor for taking all possible time available to obtain an outcome. It applies where there is a notion of a fixed or set amount of time to do what you can. Does anyone know the background of this expression..........?

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