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Welcome to the billiard, pool, and snooker glossary of terms. This is the definition of Run Out as it relates to cue sports. You can also view the entire billiard dictionary.
Run out refers to a run where the player pockets all remaining required balls and wins the game without the opponent ever getting another chance at the table. Run out may also refer to the series of balls pocketed in one inning to win the game. The key aspects of the run out are that there must be a run, and the run must be finished by winning the game.
The game was about half over when it was Jim's inning. He shot and pocketed the 6 ball, and proceeded to make every shot from there to run out the game.
The run out definition was entered on 2/15/2006 and was updated on 1/2/2008 12:48:00 PM. It is a cue sport term that is related to billiard technique. It was entered in to the database by the Billiards Forum Editor. See also: run, run the table, eight and out, break and run, break and dish, break and run out, runout, dish, out for more on the meaning of run out.
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