"good run" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: good runs [plural]
Etymology: Originally referring to theatrical performances. Head templates: {{en-noun}} good run (plural good runs)
  1. (idiomatic) Success over an extended period. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-good_run-en-noun-zCRlshSO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with collocations

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2013 April 15, Nils Pratley, “Gold has had a good run but don't be surprised now that it's falling”, in The Guardian",
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          "ref": "2016 June 23, Lucy Mangan, “Goodbye to The Good Wife, a miracle of the small screen”, in The Guardian",
          "text": "It’s been the very definition of a good run. After seven series and 156 episodes, Alicia Florrick’s story has ended – in a way, where it began; with a well-deserved slap delivered by a rightly furious woman in an anonymous corridor.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, “Drunk in LA”, performed by Beach House",
          "text": "I had a good run playing horses in my mind / Left my heart out somewhere running",
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        "Success over an extended period."
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        "(idiomatic) Success over an extended period."
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