Definition of dead run:
(v) :
(idiomatic) To come as fast as one can, often in a
harried state
"when she saw smoke coming from the kitchen, the old woman came in on the dead run to remove the burned loaf of bread from the oven."
Definition of dead run:
(v) :
(idiomatic) To come as fast as one can, often in a
harried state
"when she saw smoke coming from the kitchen, the old woman came in on the dead run to remove the burned loaf of bread from the oven."