run out
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See also: runout
Pronunciation
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
- Alternative spelling of runout
Verb
run out (third-person singular simple present runs out, present participle running out, simple past ran out, past participle run out)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, out.
- She ran out of the room in tears.
- (intransitive, idiomatic) To use up; to consume all of something. See also run low, run short.
- If this hot weather continues, we will run out of ice cream.
- 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:
- Time is running out, so I renounce a spin on a Class 387 for a fast run to Paddington on another Class 800 - a shame as the weather was perfect for pictures. Even so, it's enjoyable - boy, can those trains shift under the wires.
- (intransitive) To expire; to come to an end; to be completely used up or consumed.
- My driving licence runs out next week, so I had better renew it now.
- The option will run out next week and I can't get it extended.
- Oh no! The wine has run out!
- 2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport:
- Mario Balotelli replaced Tevez but his contribution was so negligible that he suffered the indignity of being substituted himself as time ran out, a development that encapsulated a wretched 90 minutes for City and boss Roberto Mancini.
- (cricket) To get a batsman out via a run out (see runout)
- Jackson was run out for a duck in the first over.
- 2019 July 14, Stephan Shemilt, “England win Cricket World Cup: Ben Stokes stars in dramatic finale against New Zealand”, in BBC Sport, London:
- With three runs needed from two balls, Adil Rashid was run out coming back for a second. When Wood suffered the same fate from the final ball, the match was tied.
- (cricket) to be got out in this way.
- (transitive) To extend a piece of material, or clothing.
- If I run out these curtains, they will fit the windows in the drawing room.
- (intransitive) To conclude in, to end up
- To force (someone or something) out of a location or state of being.
- If the mob thinks you did it, they'll run you out of town.
- They'll run us out of business doing that!
- (archaic) To grow poor over time by spending all of one's money.
- (obsolete, printing) To fill a line with quadrats or full points.
Derived terms
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Translations
to use up
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to expire, to come to an end
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