hard-run

English

Adjective

hard-run (comparative more hard-run, superlative most hard-run)

Subject to strenuous effort or tough competition.
- 1897, Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, The Manuscripts of the Earl of Carlisle:
  Yesterday the contest between the Duke of Richmond and Mr. Edwards at Chichester was a very hard run thing; some believe that the Duke will lose it, but I do not.

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