run the traps
v. phr.— «I ran the traps around the lexical trade, even asked my brother, who assured me it wasn’t Robert Louis Stevenson.» —“Right Stuff In The Bully Pulpit” by William Safire New York Times Mag. Feb. 27, 1983. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Imagine telling someone how to get to your home, but without using the name of your street, or any other street within ten miles. Could you do it? We take street names for granted, but these words are useful for far more, like applying for a job or...
