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run out in WordNet English dictionary
verb- 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
- 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
- flow off gradually
"The rain water drains into this big vat"
drain run out
- lose validity
"My passports expired last month"
run out expire
- prove insufficient
"The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"
fail run out give out
- exhaust the supply of
"We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting"
run out
- become used up; be exhausted
"Our supplies finally ran out"
run out
- 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
- (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.
- (verb) (idiom) To use up; to consume all of something.
- (verb) (cricket) To get a batsman out via a run out ("see above"); "or", to be got out in this way.
- (verb) Of a legal right, to expire, to terminate.
- (verb) To extend a piece of material, or clothing.
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