Verb: run out rún awt
- Become used up; be exhausted
"Our supplies finally ran out"
- Exhaust the supply of
"We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting"
- Prove insufficient
"The water supply for the town ran out after a long drought";
- fail, give out
- Flow off gradually
"The rain water runs out into this big vat";
- drain
- Flow, run or fall out and become lost
"The milk ran out across the floor";
- spill
- Leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
"When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out";
- run off, bolt, bolt out, beetle off [Brit, informal]
- Lose validity
"My passports ran out last month";
- expire
Derived forms: run out, runs out, running out, ran out
Type of: cease, consume, course, deplete, discontinue, eat, eat up, end, exhaust, expend, feed, finish, flow, go away, go forth, leave, off [informal], run, run through, stop, terminate, use, use up, wipe out
Encyclopedia: Run out