run 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.

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Extend, thrust out, push out, Expire, be at end / Waste, exhaust, expend, Be wasted, be exhausted / Spread, expatiate / Stop

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run out — [v] fail, be exhausted be cleaned out*, be out of, cease, close, come to a close, depart, dissipate, dry up, end, exhaust, expire, finish, give out, go, have no more, have none left, lose, peter out*, stop, terminate, tire, waste, waste away,… … New thesaurus
run-out — ► NOUN 1) Cricket the dismissal of a batsman by being run out. 2) informal a short session of play or practice in a sport … English terms dictionary
run out of — run out (of (something)) to have no more of something. He just ran out of ideas. Time simply ran out … New idioms dictionary
run out — (of (something)) to have no more of something. He just ran out of ideas. Time simply ran out … New idioms dictionary
run-out — /run owt /, n. Manège. the act of evading a jump or jumping outside of the limiting markers. [1865 70; n. use of v. phrase run out] * * * … Universalium
run out — ► run out 1) use up or be used up. 2) become no longer valid. 3) extend; project. 4) Cricket dismiss (a batsman) by dislodging the bails with the ball while the batsman is still running. Main Entry: ↑run … English terms dictionary
run-out — /run owt /, n. Manège. the act of evading a jump or jumping outside of the limiting markers. [1865 70; n. use of v. phrase run out] … Useful english dictionary
run out on — (someone) to leave or stop supporting someone who depends on you. Bob ran out on his wife and family … New idioms dictionary
run out — index close (terminate), expire, lapse (cease), terminate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Run out — For the term run out, used in equestrian sport, see refusal Run out is a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket. It is governed by Law 38 of the Laws of cricket.The rulesA batsman is out Run out if at any time while the ball is in play no… … Wikipedia
run out — Synonyms and related words: advance, ago, antiquated, antique, apostatize, be all over, be consumed, be done for, be no more, be used up, become extinct, become void, betray, blow, blow out, blow over, blown over, bolt, bow out, break away, break … Moby Thesaurus

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