run out
verb
- exhaust, use up
Wiktionary
noun
- Alternative form of runout.
verb
- To use up or consume all
“Get some more beer out of the fridge before we run out.”
“If this hot weather continues, we will run out of ice cream.”
- To expire; to come to an end.
“My driving licence runs out next week, so I had better renew it now.”
“The option will run out next week and I can't get it extended.”
- To expire; to come to an end.
“Time is running out.”
“Oh no! The wine has run out!”
- To get a batsman out (dismissed from play) via a runout.
“Jackson was run out for a duck in the first over.”
“With three runs needed from two balls, Adil Rashid was run out coming back for a second. When Wood suffered the same fate from the final ball, the match was tied.”
- To extend a piece of material, or clothing.
“If I run out these curtains, they will fit the windows in the drawing room.”
- To conclude in, to end up.
“Tottenham survived a scare as they fought back from 1-0 down to run out comfortable winners against Shamrock Rovers in the Europa League.”
- 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.”
“They'll run us out of business doing that!”
- To grow poor over time by spending all of one's money.
- To fill a line with quadrats or full points.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, out.
“Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:leave”
“She ran out of the room in tears.”