run out v 1: become used up; be exhausted; "Our supplies finally ran out" 2: flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat" [syn: drain, run out] 3: leave suddenly and as if in a hurry; "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"; "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out" [syn: run off, run out, bolt, bolt out, beetle off] 4: lose validity; "My passports expired last month" [syn: run out}, expire] 5: flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table" [syn: spill, run out] 6: exhaust the supply of; "We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting" 7: prove insufficient; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought" [syn: fail, run out, give out] 8: use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out" [syn: poop out, peter out}, run down, run out, conk out]

run out v. 1a. To come to an end; be used up. Jerry almost got across the brook on the slippery stones but his luck ran out and he slipped and fell. We'd better do our Christmas shopping; time is running out. Syn.: GIVE OUT(5). 1b. To use all of the supply; be troubled by not having enough. The car ran out of gas three miles from town. Millie never runs out of ideas for clever party decorations. Compare: RUN SHORT. 2. informal To force to leave; expel. Federal agents ran the spies out of the country. Syn.: KICK OUT, RUN OFF.

run out verb Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. a. to come to an end ; expire <time ran out> b. to become exhausted or used up <the gasoline ran out> 2. to jut out transitive verb 1. a. to finish out (as a course, series, or contest) ; complete b. of a baseball batter to run hard to first base after hitting (a batted ball) <ran out the grounder> 2. a. to fill out (a typeset line) with quads, leaders, or ornaments b. to set (as the first line of a paragraph) with a hanging indention 3. to exhaust (oneself) in running 4. to cause to leave by force or coercion ; expel

run out 1. If you run out of something, you have no more of it left. They have run out of ideas... We had lots before but now we've run out. to run out of steam: see steam PHRASAL VERB: V P of n, V P 2. If something runs out, it becomes used up so that there is no more left. Conditions are getting worse and supplies are running out... PHRASAL VERB: V P 3. When a legal document runs out, it stops being valid. When the lease ran out the family moved to Campigny. = expire PHRASAL VERB: V P

run out I. (Active.) 1. Extend, thrust out, push out. 2. Waste, exhaust, expend. II. (Neuter.) 1. Expire, be at end. 2. Be wasted, be exhausted. 3. Spread, expatiate. 4. Stop.

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