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run out   (TTS Sound)

The verb run out has 8 senses

• run out -- (become used up; be exhausted; "Our supplies finally ran out")


• drain, run out -- (flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat")


• run off, run out, bolt, bolt out, beetle off -- (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")


• run out, expire -- (lose validity; "My passports expired last month")


• spill, run out -- (flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table")


• run out -- (exhaust the supply of; "We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting")


• fail, run out, give out -- (prove insufficient; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought")


• poop out, peter out, run down, run out, conk out -- (use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out")