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run out in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
    "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"; "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out"
    run off  run out  bolt  bolt out  beetle off 
  2. use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
    "At the end of the march, I pooped out"
    poop out  peter out  run down  run out  conk out 
  3. flow off gradually
    "The rain water drains into this big vat"
    drain  run out 
  4. lose validity
    "My passports expired last month"
    run out  expire 
  5. prove insufficient
    "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"
    fail  run out  give out 
  6. exhaust the supply of
    "We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting"
    run out 
  7. become used up; be exhausted
    "Our supplies finally ran out"
    run out 
  8. flow, run or fall out and become lost
    "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table"
    spill  run out 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University


run out in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (noun) (cricket) The method of getting out in which a batsman, in making a run, has not reached the popping crease when a fielder breaks his wicket with the ball.
  2. (verb) (idiom) To use up; to consume all of something.
  3. (verb) (cricket) To get a batsman out via a run out ("see above"); "or", to be got out in this way.
  4. (verb) Of a legal right, to expire, to terminate.
  5. (verb) To extend a piece of material, or clothing.
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