red rover
a children's game in which two teams, some distance apart, face each other and take turns designating an opposing player to run toward their line. Any player who fails to break through their clasped hands becomes a member of that team.
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How to use red rover in a sentence
Boys will be playing red rover in motorcycle jackets, cuffed jeans, monogrammed slip-on sneakers, and wrap-around shades.
He had left in Wantagh the old scow, dignified by the name of "houseboat" to which was attached the further title of "red rover."
The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat | Janet AldridgeThe "red rover" in its coat of bright new paint looked really fine that morning.
The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat | Janet AldridgeShe knew the two girls had some good reason for anchoring the "red rover" a little distance from the shore.
The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat | Janet AldridgeThe houseboat came about slowly; then, as the motor boat chugged away the line grew taut and the "red rover" began to move.
The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat | Janet Aldridge
After a few minutes of rowing she drove the boat in alongside of the "red rover," then leaped out on the shore.
The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat | Janet Aldridge
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