牛津电影里 100%
消耗掉剩余的比赛时间(比赛接近结束时,球队不想进球而只设法控制住球,以阻止对方进球得分)
if a sports team tries to run down / out the clock at the end of a game, it stops trying to score and just tries to keep hold of the ball to stop the other team from scoring
Huge. Running down the clock, there's only four and a half minutes left in this game.
释义来自《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》第 9 版