rat run
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]- (idiomatic) A small, usually minor road used by a significant amount of traffic as a short cut or to avoid congestion on more major routes.
- 2007, John O'Farrell, I Have A Bream, Black Swan, →ISBN, page 43:
- This week Wykeham Street in Scarborough was named as the worst rat run in Britain. […] A ‘rat run’ sounds like some sort of charity jog by rodents keen to improve their image, but it is of course a side street that suffers from being heavily used by through-traffic as a short-cut.
Translations
[edit]minor road
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Verb
[edit]rat run (third-person singular simple present rat runs, present participle rat running, simple past rat ran, past participle rat run)
- (idiomatic) To drive through residential streets to avoid congestion on the main roads.
Synonyms
[edit]- (to drive through residential streets to avoid congestion): divebomb