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Verb: run out rún awt
- Become used up; be exhausted
"Our supplies finally ran out"
- Flow off gradually
"The rain water runs out into this big vat";
- drain
- 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
- Lose validity
"My passports ran out last month";
- expire
- Flow, run or fall out and become lost
- spill
- 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
- Use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
- poop out [N. Amer, informal], peter out, run down, conk out [informal]
Derived forms: run out, running out, ran out, runs out
Type of: cease, consume, course, deplete, discontinue, eat, eat up, end, exhaust, fatigue, feed, finish, flow, go away, go forth, jade, leave, off [informal], pall, run, run through, stop, terminate, tire, use up, weary, wipe out
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