run out
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run out
noun run outs
- Alternative form of runout
verb runs out · running out · ran out · run out
- To use up or consume all Get some more beer out of the fridge before we run out.
- To expire; to come to an end. My driving licence runs out next week, so I had better renew it now.
- To be completely used up or consumed. Time is running out.
- To continue a streak or string. After that series of confidence-giving wins, I think the team is going to run out their streak.
- To get a batsman out (dismissed from play) via a runout. Jackson was run out for a duck in the first over.
- 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.
- To grow poor over time by spending all of one's money.
- To fill a line with quadrats or full points.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, out.
Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:leave
Similar: 23 skidoo, beat it, bug off, remove, egress, bugger off, book, bounce, buzz off, chuck, cut one's stick, dash
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verb to expire, to come to an end
| Español | expirar, extinguirse, vencer |
|---|---|
| Português | acabar |
| Français | venir à expiration, toucher à sa fin, expirer, venir à manquer |
| Deutsch | ablaufen |
| Italiano | esaurire, finire |
| Русский | зака́нчиваться zakánčivatʹsja, зако́нчиться zakónčitʹsja, конча́ться končátʹsja, ко́нчиться kónčitʹsja, иссяка́ть issjakátʹ, исся́кнуть issjáknutʹ |
| العربية | نَفِدَ nafida |
verb to use up
| Español | agotar, quedarse sin, acabarse |
|---|---|
| Português | ficar sem |
| Français | épuiser, être à court |
| Deutsch | ausgehen |
| Italiano | essere a corto |
| Română | rămâne fără |
| Tiếng Việt | hết |
verb to be completely used up
| Deutsch | ausgehen |
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