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Phrase(s): out of the running Fig. no longer being considered; eliminated from a contest. • After the first part of the diving meet, three members of our team were out of the running. • After the scandal was made public, I was out of the running. I pulled out of the election.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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see under IN THE RUNNING.
American Heritage Idioms