run the traps
v. phr.— «They were still charging hard so we just ran the traps and they worked.» —“Pius X Drubs Council Bluffs Team” by Ken Hambleton Lincoln Journal (Neb.) Oct. 18, 1975. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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