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run-off

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run-off 
"precipitation water drained by streams and rivers," 1892, from run (v.) + off. Meaning "deciding race after a tie" is from 1873; electoral sense is first attested 1924, Amer.Eng.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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