What does "hard-run" mean?

Subject to strenuous effort or tough competition.

What is a synonym for "hard-run"?

Common synonyms include: crowded, double quick, double time, hard pressed, hurried, on the double.

Hard-run

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Adjective

1
Subject to strenuous effort or tough competition.
"Yesterday the contest between the Duke of Richmond and Mr. Edwards at Chichester was a very hard run thing; some believe that the Duke will lose it, but I do not."

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crowded double quick double time hard pressed hurried on the double

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"Yesterday the contest between the Duke of Richmond and Mr. Edwards at Chichester was a very hard run thing; some believe that the Duke will lose it, but I do not."

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