run out

run out
verb
1. become used up; be exhausted (Freq. 5)
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Our supplies finally ran out

• Hypernyms: ↑end, ↑stop, ↑finish, ↑terminate, ↑cease
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

2. flow off gradually (Freq. 3)
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The rain water drains into this big vat

• Syn: ↑drain
• Derivationally related forms: ↑drainage (for: ↑drain), ↑drain (for: ↑drain)
• Hypernyms: ↑run, ↑flow, ↑feed, ↑course
• Verb Frames:
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Something is ——ing PP

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The water run outs

3. leave suddenly and as if in a hurry (Freq. 3)
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The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas

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When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out

• Syn: ↑run off, ↑bolt, ↑bolt out, ↑beetle off
• Hypernyms: ↑leave, ↑go forth, ↑go away
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s PP

4. lose validity (Freq. 1)
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My passports expired last month

• Syn: ↑expire
• Derivationally related forms: ↑expiration (for: ↑expire)
• Hypernyms: ↑discontinue
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

5. flow, run or fall out and become lost
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The milk spilled across the floor

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The wine spilled onto the table

• Syn: ↑spill
• Derivationally related forms: ↑spill (for: ↑spill)
• Hypernyms: ↑run, ↑flow, ↑feed, ↑course
• Hyponyms: ↑overflow, ↑overrun, ↑well over, ↑run over, ↑brim over
• Verb Group: ↑spill, ↑slop, ↑splatter
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Something is ——ing PP

6. exhaust the supply of
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We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting

• Hypernyms:
↑consume, ↑eat up, ↑use up, ↑eat, ↑deplete, ↑exhaust, ↑run through, ↑wipe out
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s PP

7. use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
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At the end of the march, I pooped out

• Syn: ↑poop out, ↑peter out, ↑run down, ↑conk out
• Hypernyms: ↑tire, ↑pall, ↑weary, ↑fatigue, ↑jade
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

8. prove insufficient
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The water supply for the town failed after a long drought

• Syn: ↑fail, ↑give out
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • run out — [v] fail, be exhausted be cleaned out*, be out of, cease, close, come to a close, depart, dissipate, dry up, end, exhaust, expire, finish, give out, go, have no more, have none left, lose, peter out*, stop, terminate, tire, waste, waste away,… …   New thesaurus

  • run-out — ► NOUN 1) Cricket the dismissal of a batsman by being run out. 2) informal a short session of play or practice in a sport …   English terms dictionary

  • run out of — run out (of (something)) to have no more of something. He just ran out of ideas. Time simply ran out …   New idioms dictionary

  • run out — (of (something)) to have no more of something. He just ran out of ideas. Time simply ran out …   New idioms dictionary

  • run-out — /run owt /, n. Manège. the act of evading a jump or jumping outside of the limiting markers. [1865 70; n. use of v. phrase run out] * * * …   Universalium

  • run out — ► run out 1) use up or be used up. 2) become no longer valid. 3) extend; project. 4) Cricket dismiss (a batsman) by dislodging the bails with the ball while the batsman is still running. Main Entry: ↑run …   English terms dictionary

  • run-out — /run owt /, n. Manège. the act of evading a jump or jumping outside of the limiting markers. [1865 70; n. use of v. phrase run out] …   Useful english dictionary

  • run out on — (someone) to leave or stop supporting someone who depends on you. Bob ran out on his wife and family …   New idioms dictionary

  • run out — index close (terminate), expire, lapse (cease), terminate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Run out — For the term run out, used in equestrian sport, see refusal Run out is a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket. It is governed by Law 38 of the Laws of cricket.The rulesA batsman is out Run out if at any time while the ball is in play no… …   Wikipedia

  • run out — Synonyms and related words: advance, ago, antiquated, antique, apostatize, be all over, be consumed, be done for, be no more, be used up, become extinct, become void, betray, blow, blow out, blow over, blown over, bolt, bow out, break away, break …   Moby Thesaurus

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