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Running sore

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  1. 1
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see running, sore.; an ulcer that oozes pus.

    "In Bohemia, it is claimed, there is no case of old running sore or ulcer which it will not completely and permanently heal."

  2. 2
    A festering problem; a situation that remains problematic or gets worse over time.

    "Economically and politically confused and disordered, in the period between the two world wars the Austrian Republic was a running sore in Europe."

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