"rat run" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2007, John O'Farrell, I Have A Bream, Black Swan, →ISBN, page 43:",
          "text": "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.",
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        "A small, usually minor road used by a significant amount of traffic as a short cut or to avoid congestion on more major routes."
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        "(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."
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          "sense": "minor road",
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          "word": "Schleichweg"
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        "To drive through residential streets to avoid congestion on the main roads."
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        "(idiomatic) To drive through residential streets to avoid congestion on the main roads."
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      "word": "Schleichweg"
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        "To drive through residential streets to avoid congestion on the main roads."
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