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running mate

 
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–noun
1. a candidate for an office linked with another and more important office, as for the vice-presidency.
2. a horse entered in a race in which another, more important, horse from the same stable, or belonging to the same owner, is run.
3. a close companion.
Origin:
1865–70, Americanism
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running mate  
n.  

  1. The candidate or nominee for the lesser of two closely associated political offices.

  2. A companion.

  3. A horse used to set the pace in a race for another horse.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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