"run out the clock" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "runs out the clock",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "running out the clock",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ran out the clock",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "run out the clock",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "run<,,ran,run> out the clock"
      },
      "expansion": "run out the clock (third-person singular simple present runs out the clock, present participle running out the clock, simple past ran out the clock, past participle run out the clock)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Sports",
          "orig": "en:Sports",
          "parents": [
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To preserve a lead in a game by retaining possession, to waste time."
      ],
      "id": "en-run_out_the_clock-en-verb-~sBOg4~j",
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "preserve",
          "preserve"
        ],
        [
          "waste time",
          "waste time"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, sports) To preserve a lead in a game by retaining possession, to waste time."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "rag the puck"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "run down the clock"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "preserve a lead in a game by retaining possession",
          "word": "retenir"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "preserve a lead in a game by retaining possession",
          "word": "congelar"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "preserve a lead in a game by retaining possession",
          "word": "jouer la montre"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-run out the clock.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c9/En-au-run_out_the_clock.ogg/En-au-run_out_the_clock.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/En-au-run_out_the_clock.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "run out the clock"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "runs out the clock",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "running out the clock",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ran out the clock",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "run out the clock",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "run<,,ran,run> out the clock"
      },
      "expansion": "run out the clock (third-person singular simple present runs out the clock, present participle running out the clock, simple past ran out the clock, past participle run out the clock)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "rag the puck"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English verbs",
        "en:Sports"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To preserve a lead in a game by retaining possession, to waste time."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "preserve",
          "preserve"
        ],
        [
          "waste time",
          "waste time"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, sports) To preserve a lead in a game by retaining possession, to waste time."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-run out the clock.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c9/En-au-run_out_the_clock.ogg/En-au-run_out_the_clock.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/En-au-run_out_the_clock.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "run down the clock"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "preserve a lead in a game by retaining possession",
      "word": "retenir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "preserve a lead in a game by retaining possession",
      "word": "congelar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "preserve a lead in a game by retaining possession",
      "word": "jouer la montre"
    }
  ],
  "word": "run out the clock"
}