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Mother Ran Down Holding A Message Crossword Clue

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noun

• a short trip that is taken in the performance of a necessary task or mission

31%8 Pheidippides ran one to deliver a message
noun

• any long and arduous undertaking

• a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians

• a footrace of 26 miles 385 yards

26%10Ran-down
verb

• speak unfavorably about

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