The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word RUN-OUT
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What does RUN-OUT mean?
RUN-OUT noun- Something that has been run out.
- A run out, a running out. The method of getting out in which a batsman, in making a run, has not reached the popping crease when a fielder breaks his wicket with the ball.
- A relatively flat portion at the end of a ski run to slow down, or to connect trails.
- Slowing down at the end of a ski run, skiing on a runout.
- The end portion of the groove of a phonographic record, after the recorded sound.
- A supposed auction employing shill bidders in order to convince legitimate buyers to purchase worthless articles.
- Deviation of the axis of rotation of a rotating object (especially a milling cutter or workpiece) relative to that object's centerline; the specific amount of deviation.