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Run short

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To have used up or consumed the majority (of something), so that little remains. intransitive, transitive

    "How much ice cream is left? Are we running short?"

  2. 2
    to be spent or finished wordnet
  3. 3
    To be nearly used up or consumed.

    "Patience is running short."

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