run out
verb
ran out; run out; running out; runs out
1
a
: to come to an end : expire
time ran out
b
: to become exhausted or used up
the gasoline ran out
2
: to jut out
1
a
: to finish out (a course, a series, a contest, etc.) : complete
b
of a baseball batter
: to run hard to first base after hitting (a batted ball)
ran out the grounder
2
a
: to fill out (a typeset line) with quads, leaders, or ornaments
b
: to set (a line of text, such as the first line of a paragraph) with a hanging indention
3
: to exhaust (oneself) in running
4
: to cause to leave by force or coercion : expel
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Observations of disks over the last two decades have revealed that most of these run out of gas inside the first 10 million years, leaving behind chunks of rock and ice to finish building up worlds.
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Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Government funding runs out in less than a month now.
—ABC News, 16 Feb. 2025
As widely expected, the White House has run out of patience for Europe's reliance on Washington to carry the bulk of the burden with defense spending.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
But a truly effective Iron Dome system is hard to imagine without a laser component, given the high-speed nature and possibilities of being overwhelmed and running out of conventional air defense missiles.
—James Stavridis, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2025
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Nola Taylor Tillman, Space.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Government funding runs out in less than a month now.
—ABC News, 16 Feb. 2025
As widely expected, the White House has run out of patience for Europe's reliance on Washington to carry the bulk of the burden with defense spending.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025
But a truly effective Iron Dome system is hard to imagine without a laser component, given the high-speed nature and possibilities of being overwhelmed and running out of conventional air defense missiles.
—James Stavridis, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Run out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20out. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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