running shoen.
/ˈrʌnɪŋ ʃuː/, U.S. /ˈrənɪŋ ˌʃu/ Each of a pair of shoes worn or designed to be worn while running; (now) spec. = trainer n. 3d.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > footwear > shoe or boot > shoe > [noun] > types of > for specific purpose > other > shoes
running shoea1666
moccasin1834
cricket shoe1844
cricket boot1853
wading shoes1866
gym-shoe1887
track-shoe1908
a1666 Househ. Bks. J. Sharp f. 3v, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Rining For a paire of runing shoes to Wattie.
1841 Bell's Life in London 24 Oct. He was obliged to enter the ring..with running shoes.
1884 Spectator 26 July 975/2 The running-shoes must be doffed for good and all.
1913 C. Mackenzie Sinister St. I. i. vii. 107 Every evening there was steady practice..in spiked running-shoes on the grass-track.
1958 N. Levine Canada made Me ix. 196 She wore a pink blouse, a very short dark green skirt and running shoes with white ankle socks.
1980 Black Belt Sept. 50/2 Always wear a properly fitted, well designed running shoe rather than tennis shoes or cheap jogging shoes.
2007 A. Shreve Body Surfing 57 She can make out Victoria in tennis pinks and what looks to be a pair of new running shoes.
Phrases
P1. to put on one's running shoes and variants: to prepare oneself for an event or challenge.
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1914 Jrnl. National Assoc. Retail Druggists 16 July 734/2 John J. Boehm..has put on his running shoes and is oiling up his voice; a state senatorship is his aspiration.
1979 Tucson (Arizona) Citizen 20 Sept. 6 a/1 President Carter is losing ground by waiting to put on his official re-election running shoes.
1993 D. Burrus & R. Gittines Technotrends (1994) xiii. 307 I want small and medium-size businesses to also put on their running shoes and enter this Age of Globalization.
P2. Originally and chiefly New Zealand. to give (a person) (his or her) running shoes: to dismiss (a person), esp. from political office.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > send away or dismiss > unceremoniously
to send packingc1450
trussa1500
to go (send, etc.) away with a flea in one's ear1577
to set packing1577
pack1589
ship1594
to send away with a fly in one's ear1606
to give a packing penny to1609
to pack off1693
to cut (also slip) the painter1699
to send about one's business1728
trundle1794
to send to the right about (also rightabouts)1816
bundle1823
to give the bucket to1863
shake1872
to give (a person) the finger1874
to give (a person) the pushc1886
to give (someone or something) the chuck1888
to give (someone) the gate1918
to get the (big) bird1924
to tie a can to (or on)1926
to give (a person) (his or her) running shoes1938
to give (someone) the Lonsdale1958
1938 N.Z. Parl. Deb. 252 193/2 The whole of those officers were kicked out—given their ‘running shoes’.
1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 438/1 Running shoes, give someone his, to dismiss someone, as a suitor or an employee; to terminate a personal or business relationship, usu. in anger.
1963 B. Pearson Coal Flat vi. 111 Like Bob Semple used to say about hit-and-run drivers—give them their running shoes.
1980 I. F. Grant Unauthorized Version 136/1 The Hon. R. Semple has told the country that members of Government boards who obstruct the Government will..be given ‘running shoes’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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