Run out

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of runout. alt-of, alternative
Verb
  1. 1
    To use up or consume all idiomatic, intransitive, transitive

    "Get some more beer out of the fridge before we run out."

  2. 2
    use up all one's strength and energy and stop working wordnet
  3. 3
    To expire; to come to an end. intransitive

    "My driving licence runs out next week, so I had better renew it now."

  4. 4
    prove insufficient wordnet
  5. 5
    To expire; to come to an end.; To be completely used up or consumed. intransitive

    "Time is running out."

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  1. 6
    become used up; be exhausted wordnet
  2. 7
    To get a batsman out (dismissed from play) via a runout.

    "Jackson was run out for a duck in the first over."

  3. 8
    exhaust the supply of wordnet
  4. 9
    To extend a piece of material, or clothing. transitive

    "If I run out these curtains, they will fit the windows in the drawing room."

  5. 10
    leave suddenly and as if in a hurry wordnet
  6. 11
    To conclude in, to end up. intransitive

    "Tottenham survived a scare as they fought back from 1-0 down to run out comfortable winners against Shamrock Rovers in the Europa League."

  7. 12
    flow, run or fall out and become lost wordnet
  8. 13
    To force (someone or something) out of a location or state of being.

    "If the mob thinks you did it, they'll run you out of town."

  9. 14
    flow off gradually wordnet
  10. 15
    To grow poor over time by spending all of one's money. archaic
  11. 16
    lose validity wordnet
  12. 17
    To fill a line with quadrats or full points. obsolete
  13. 18
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, out.

    "Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:leave"

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