(idiomatic, chiefly, UK) To have a leading or influential position in a field or activity; to be more active than others.
(idiomatic, chiefly, UK) To have a leading or influential position in a field or activity; to be more active than others.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(informal, idiomatic) To follow something through to completion or realization.
(idiomatic) To take action.
Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
(informal, idiomatic) To take an incomplete or inadequate (plan, text, etc.) and develop it further, often with the implication of carelessness.
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(transitive, informal, mostly, in the passive) To arrest; (especially) to track down and arrest.