run out

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Definition

  1. Intransitive Verb:

    • To become used up or exhausted: To reach the point where there is no more of something left; to be completely consumed or depleted.
    • To expire, to come to an end: To reach the end of a period of validity or duration.
    • To flow or leak out: For a liquid or substance to escape from a container.
    • To leave hastily or abruptly: To depart suddenly.

  2. Transitive Verb (with of):

    • To exhaust the supply of something: To use all of a particular resource so that none remains.
Usage
  • Intransitive Verb: Used to describe a resource becoming exhausted, a period ending, or a liquid escaping.
  • Transitive Phrasal Verb (run out of): Used with an object to specify what has been exhausted. The structure is .
Examples

  • Intransitive Verb:

    • Our food supplies will run out in three days. (The supplies will be completely gone.)
    • The contract runs out at the end of the month. (The contract's validity period ends.)
    • Water ran out from the cracked pipe. (Water flowed/leaked from the pipe.)

  • Transitive Phrasal Verb (run out of):

    • We ran out of milk, so I need to go to the store. (We used all the milk; we have no milk left.)
    • The car ran out of gas on the highway. (The car used all its fuel.)
Advanced Usage
  • "to run out on someone": To abandon or desert someone, especially in a difficult situation.
    • He ran out on his family when they needed him most.
  • "to run out of steam": To lose energy, enthusiasm, or momentum.
    • The project started well but ran out of steam after a few months.
Variants and Related Words
  • Runout (noun): A slight error in the shape of a rotating object, causing it to wobble. (This is a compound noun, distinct from the phrasal verb).
  • Running out (gerund/noun phrase): The process or instance of something becoming exhausted.
    • The running out of the clock ended the game.
Synonyms
  • Intransitive (be used up): Be exhausted, be depleted, be spent, give out.
  • Transitive (use up): Exhaust, deplete, consume, finish.
  • Expire: End, terminate, lapse.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Run down: To gradually lose power or deteriorate; to criticize.
    • The battery ran down. (Became exhausted.)
  • Run over: To overflow; to hit with a vehicle.
    • The bathwater ran over. (Flowed out.)
Related Idioms
  • The clock is running out: Time is nearly finished.
    • We need to decide quickly; the clock is running out.
  • Run out of road: To have no more options or opportunities left.
    • After the failed investment, the company finally ran out of road.
Verb
  1. use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
    • At the end of the march, I pooped out
  2. prove insufficient
    • The water supply for the town failed after a long drought
  3. exhaust the supply of
    • We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting
  4. flow, run or fall out and become lost
    • The milk spilled across the floor
    • The wine spilled onto the table
  5. lose validity
    • My passports expired last month
  6. 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
  7. flow off gradually
    • The rain water drains into this big vat
  8. become used up; be exhausted
    • Our supplies finally ran out

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