run out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: runs out
form: running out
form: ran out
form: run out
Senses: examples: text: Get some more beer out of the fridge before we run out.
text: If this hot weather continues, we will run out of ice cream.
text: England keeper Joe Hart had to save smartly from the dangerous Andriy Yarmolenko, who also raised the hopes of the Donetsk crowd as he evaded several challenges in the area before running out of space.
ref: 2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1-0 Ukraine”, in BBC Sport:
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coordinate_terms: run low
run short
glosses: To use up or consume all
examples: text: My driving licence runs out next week, so I had better renew it now.
text: The option will run out next week and I can't get it extended.
glosses: To expire; to come to an end.
examples: text: Time is running out.
text: Oh no! The wine has run out!
text: 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.
ref: 2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport:
text: 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.
ref: 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:
glosses: To expire; to come to an end.
To be completely used up or consumed.
examples: text: Jackson was run out for a duck in the first over.
text: 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.
ref: 2019 July 14, Stephan Shemilt, “England win Cricket World Cup: Ben Stokes stars in dramatic finale against New Zealand”, in BBC Sport, London:
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To get a batsman out (dismissed from play) via a runout.
examples: text: If I run out these curtains, they will fit the windows in the drawing room.
glosses: To extend a piece of material, or clothing.
examples: text: Tottenham survived a scare as they fought back from 1-0 down to run out comfortable winners against Shamrock Rovers in the Europa League.
ref: 2011 September 29, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To conclude in, to end up.
examples: text: If the mob thinks you did it, they'll run you out of town.
text: They'll run us out of business doing that!
glosses: To force (someone or something) out of a location or state of being.
glosses: To grow poor over time by spending all of one's money.
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: To fill a line with quadrats or full points.
examples: text: Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:leave
text: She ran out of the room in tears.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, out.
Derived terms: run out of steam
run out on
Related terms: sense: use up
word: out
sense: use up
word: all out
sense: use up
word: fresh out