It is a horse racing term, origin not really known. Came into common use in the 19th Century
Slipped Up means what it says the horse has slipped and unseated the rider. Ran Out means that the horse has ran out the designated course and carried out is the same but it because the horse has been hampered by another horse causing it to run out
In the UK there are not any sports I know of that are like Horse Racing. In the USA, harness racing is similar to Horse Racing, and the races are ran on sand tracks.
Meaning a person who loses a contest or any other competition. Origin unknown, but first recorded in English in the late 1890's. The origin may have referred to horse or dog racing
The phrase "closing the barn door after the horse has bolted" means trying to fix a problem after the damage has already been done. It suggests that it is too late to prevent the negative consequences.
Mahmoud the horse was foaled in the year 1933 and ran iin eleven races between the years 1935 and 1936. He won four of the races he ran in, and was considered to be a highly esteemed racing house of his era.
Horses have been raced as long as there have been horses and mankind together.
Both could be used in different situations: The horse ran fastest of all the horses in the race. The horse ran faster than all of the other horses. When the man, the horse and the dog ran, the horse ran fastest. The horse ran faster than the man and the dog.
You will never see your horse again... it possibly ran away or there was an internal error.
The phrase in the sentence "The cat ran under the house" is "ran under the house."
A horse that doesn't place when running in a horse race is sometimes referred to as an "also ran". This is a horse that finishes out of the money.
A verb phrase is the verb and its dependents (objects, complements, and other modifiers), but not the subject or its dependents.The verb phrase in the sentence is "ran to the bus stop after the movie".The subject is the noun phrase "the children".Note: The preposition phrase "After the movie" modifies the verb "ran".