rat-run

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"As many as from a rat-run, sir.

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  • Driving around the neighbourhood at the moment requires much concentration and many rat-run detours because there are road works everywhere. —  Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph
  • « New pay structure due within months Frowning on rat-run drivers who speed » —  Express & Star
  • Concerns have also been raised about the traffic problems that could be created, both by the overall plans - which some feel would recreate potential rat-run routes - and the new supermarket.
  • The voluntary community worker said the playpark is even more of an important resource as a nearby street has become a "dangerous rat-run". —  Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed
  • Shut your trap and get you gone down your rat-run, Thomas Bolle, and, living or dead, never dare to speak to me again. —  The Lady of Blossholme
 

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