| 单词 | to run out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto run out to run out 1. intransitive. a. (a) Of water, sand, etc.: to flow out of the container, part, etc., which contains it; to leak out.In quot. eOE used of pus. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > of something confined to run outeOE aventc1375 escapec1450 avoid1483 evacue?1541 vent1541 event1609 disemboguea1625 evacuate1643 extravasate1677 the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > flow [verb (intransitive)] > out or escape outruneOE to run outeOE avoid1483 extravasate1677 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > be at an end [verb (intransitive)] > come to an end, terminate, or expire to run outeOE endOE stintc1275 slakea1300 overpassc1350 determinec1374 overruna1393 dispend1393 failc1399 missa1400 to wear out, forth1412 stanchc1420 to come outa1450 terminea1450 expire?c1450 finish1490 conclude1593 upclose1603 terminate1608 to shut up1609 to wind off1650 stop1733 to fall in1771 close1821 to blaze out1884 outgive1893 to play out1964 eOE Bald's Leechbk. (Royal) (1865) i. i. 24 Þonne yrnð þæt gillister ut. c1300 St. Agatha (Laud) l. 121 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 197 (MED) Strong fuyr þare cam eornen out ase water doth of welle. c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) civ. 39 God brake þe stone, and waters ran out. c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 20 (MED) Grace..abideth nouȝt in the soule bot renneth out as water. a1500 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Wellcome) f. 21v (MED) Set thi fyngyr on the sted þer as the blode rennyth out and hold it A whyle. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Transfluo, to leake or renne out. 1611 Bible (King James) Matt. ix. 17 The bottels breake, and the wine runneth out . View more context for this quotation 1658 tr. G. della Porta Nat. Magick x. ii. 256 Pull out the Spigget, that the hot Water may run out. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Honey Scrape them a little, that so the Honey may the more freely run out. 1786 T. Baldwin Airopaidia lxvii. 270 Any Water..condensed in the Balloon, might run out by the same Orifice. 1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 564 It may be opened with a lancet or a needle, when the fluid will run out. 1848 G. C. Furber Twelve Months Volunteer xii. 531 Many of them [sc. jugs] are broken into, and the sand has run out. 1929 H. A. A. Nicholls & J. H. Holland Text-bk. Trop. Agric. (ed. 2) i. vii. 58 When the heap is exposed and heavy rain falls on it, a stream of black liquid stuff will run out. 1974 Pop. Mech. Sept. 63/2 Any water which comes in over the gunnels can run out through the self-bailing drains. 2000 M. de Villiers Water (new ed.) i. i. 11 A child had opened the stopcock on the tank and the water had all run out. (b) figurative and in figurative contexts. Chiefly with reference to the sands of time (cf. 2a(a)). ΚΠ 1609 R. Armin Hist. Two Maids More-clacke sig. Ev Yet are they as the hower, whose sandy minutes Runs [sic] out at pleasure till the period comes. 1656 Hectors iii. ii. 31 Me thinks I do begin to feel my life run out with my bloud. 1747 Gentleman's Mag. June 264/1 It was an ancient custom to put an hour-glass into the coffin, as an emblem of the sand of life being run out. 1790 M. O. Warren Ladies of Castile iii. v, in Poems 143 'Till rolling years see the last sands run out. 1861 Temple Bar 2 563 A retired London physician whose sands of life had nearly run out. 1904 Christian Sci. Jrnl. Apr. 38 It seemed as though every bit of strength had run out through the ends of my fingers. 1955 Jet 2 June 54 If ever he is to win the heavyweight crown, he must get his chance soon, for the sands of time are running out. 2006 T. Goodkind Phantom xli. 427 When the sands of time had finally run out, the one who was meant to have the book would be here. b. Of a container: to allow the contained liquid to escape; †to leak (obsolete). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of leaking > leak, of liquid [verb (intransitive)] > let out through a leak leak1530 to run out1530 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 693/2 This tubbe runneth out, let it be had to the coupers. 1576 E. Dering XXVII Lect. Epist. Hebrues vii. sig. G.vii Olde tubbes, which runne out at the ioyntes, and can hold no liquor. 1722 A. Ramsay Fables & Tales 10 Sent amang the wicked Rout, To fill the Tub that ay rins out. 1727 P. Longueville Hermit (1816) 52 The runlet..being unstopped, ran all out. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 391 Whenever we find the glass run out..we may rest contented [etc.]. 1800 Monthly Mag. 9 i. 322 The tub runs out. 1848 J. E. Taylor tr. G. Basile Pentamerone 43 After chasing the cat through every hole and corner of the house, he recovered the hen; but the cask had meanwhile all run out. 1890 D. A. Simmons List Peculiar Words & Phrases 15 The kettle runs out. 1934 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 17 May Nobody told us the bath ran out, And the old-fashioned heater spread fumes about. ΚΠ 1633 P. Massinger New Way to pay Old Debts iii. ii. sig. G2v The back'd meates are run out, the rost turn'd powder. 1695 E. Ravenscroft Canterbury Guests v. vii. 59 The bak'd Meats run out, the Pottages boyl o'er, and the Roast'd will be dry'd to Powder. d. To find expression or release, to break out. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > manifestation of emotion > manifest itself [verb (intransitive)] > give vent to feelings acangc1225 to run out1719 to let off steam1857 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 40 To see how the next Day his Passion run out another Way. 1874 Methodist New Connexion Mag. July 401 His great and generous feeling ran out in the direction of a ‘servant’ who was smitten with a disease. 1893 A. Whyte Bunyan Char. xix. 192 All the strength and heat of his passions ran out into his hatred of sin and his love of holiness. 1903 Jrnl. Royal Inst. Cornwall 15 ii. 307 Waves of emotion, I call them, but this emotion runs out into acts and deeds. 2. a. (a) intransitive. Of a period of time: to elapse, pass; to come to an end. Cf. sense 53. ΘΚΠ the world > time > spending time > spend time [verb (intransitive)] > expire or run out to run outa1400 outrunc1425 to pass by1488 to draw by1850 a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 15177 (MED) Þe thre dais was runnen vte [Trin. Cambr. were al gone]. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Ezek. vii. 10 Beholde,..the daye is come, the houre is runne out. 1589 Burntisland Burgh Court (Edinb. Reg. House) 4 July I..obleis me..to..confes the said twelff ȝeiris..fullily expyrit and roune out. 1601 J. Wheeler Treat. Commerce 99 When the ten yeares were almost complete and run out. 1660 tr. M. Amyraut Treat. conc. Relig. iii. v. 389 Two thousand years pass'd before the Law,..and two thousand more shall run out under the reign of the Messias. 1701 R. Fleming Disc. Several Subj. p. xcvii They were, in a manner, totally extirpated before another Century had well nigh run out. 1757 in L. Charlton Hist. Whitby (1779) iii. 348 Till days and years run out and die, We wait the rising of the just. 1802 Coll. State Papers War against France XI. 140 We cannot..make conciliatory arrangements if we do not avail ourselves of the time that is now running out. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xx. 337 He was to remain with his troops till his term had run out. 1944 Fortune Mar. 122/1 The change of seasons must be a reminder that time is running out. 1975 K. Williams Diary 7 Sept. (1993) 499 As this year runs out I feel I am dying too. 2002 Philadelphia Inquirer 22 Dec. d6/2 The only reason to go to the moon was to study it. And the time to do that was running out. (b) transitive. To cause or allow (a period of time) to elapse; to last, or continue in operation, until (a period of time) has elapsed. ΚΠ 1705 Acc. Proc. Convocation 31 We have already run out the time, till the Upper-House is risen, and the whole Convocation by Schedule prorogued, and we can do nothing till another Synodical Day. 1828 in R. V. Barnewall & C. Cresswell Rep. Cases King's Bench (1830) IX. 373 Messrs. Hassall and Co. having written me..to request me to remit the amount of duties, as the wines had run out the time allowed under the bond. 1831 J. Watkins Life & Times William IV iv. ii. 435 When it [sc. a machine] ran out the time given to it on winding up, it gave force to a sort of gun-lock, and the explosion followed. 1906 F. T. Merrill Count at Harvard xi. 125 [He] engaged the professor single-handed in an argument on ‘ratiocination’, which finally ran out the hour. 2000 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 16 Dec. a19 The Supreme Court itself, by stopping the recount on Dec. 9, helped run out the time. b. intransitive. Of a lease, contract, law, legal provision, etc.: to reach or approach the end of its period of application or validity; to lapse. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > right to succeed to title, position, or estate > reversion > revert [verb (intransitive)] > lapse to run out1556 lapse1726 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie sig. p.iiv For leases not run out, Flie fermers holding fermes yet: as olde rent gaue. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) 333 During his sitting in that See he renewed no Leases, but let them run out for the advantage of his successor. 1768 J. T. Atkyns Rep. Cases Chancery 3 538 The plaintiff..gets a new lease from the college, the old one being suffered to run out. 1834 Amer. Jurist July 155 The defendant..obtained possession of the note, and kept it until the statute of limitations had run out. 1894 Cornhill Mag. Feb. 168 The lease of the inn was running out. 1921 Times 16 Mar. 5/3 Before one contract had run out another would be entered into. 1989 D. Arkell Ententes Cordiales 34 When his year's contract ran out on 21 August 1902 there was no question of its being renewed. 2009 P. Coogan Out of Flames ii. iv. 135 The petrol licence had not yet run out, but neither had it been renewed. a. To launch out into bold or profuse speech; to expatiate; (in later use esp.) to make extended or vigorous criticism, to sound off. Obsolete (colloquial in later use). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > speak briefly or at length to make many words1530 to run out1533 1533 T. More 2nd Pt. Confut. Tyndals Answere v. p. clxxxviii He canne lacke no mater of raylynge, but maye runne out in hys rybaldry at large, and saye that [etc.]. 1554 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. App. xx. 56 Then he ran out against the late Government. 1591 R. Bruce Serm. (1843) 36 I will not run out here, I am onely telland you quhat comes of the abuse. 1615 W. Bedwell tr. Mohammedis Imposturæ i. §28 Run not out..into speeches to say, That God cannot do all things. 1698 H. Rose Jrnl. 2 Nov. in J. H. Burton Darien Papers (1849) 63 He began to run out upon the praises of Captain Swain and Captain Davies. 1728 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 358 Then he run out on the iniquity of the late times. 1779 Mirror No. 4 They ran out in praise of French cookery. 1843 A. S. Stephens High Life N.Y. (ed. 2) xi. 44/2 Du you think it fair tu run out agin the Theatres till you've seen something on 'em? 1860 C. M. Yonge Friarswood Post-Office vii. 130 I suppose it is not charity to run out at poor mother and Ellen when one's put out. 1895 C. M. Yonge Carbonels xi. 125 And to hear the lady run out ag'in' me for just having a drop of beer. b. Of a literary composition: to extend, be protracted. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > versification > rhyme > [verb (intransitive)] > of rhyme: continue to run out1589 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. iv. 62 Our auncient rymers..let their rymes runne out at length, and neuer stayd till they came to the end. 4. Chiefly Sport. a. transitive. To finish or complete (a course, race, etc.). Frequently in figurative contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > complete (an action or piece of work) [verb (transitive)] to make an endc893 afilleOE endc975 fullOE full-doOE full-workOE fullendOE fullfremeOE full-forthlOE fillc1175 fulfilc1300 complec1315 asum1340 full-make1340 performa1382 finisha1400 accomplishc1405 cheve1426 upwindc1440 perfurnish?c1450 sumc1450 perimplish1468 explete?a1475 fullcome1477 consume1483 consomme1489 perimplenish1499 perfect1512 perfinish1523 complete1530 consummate1530 do1549 to run out1553 perfectionate1570 win1573 outwork1590 to bring about1598 exedifya1617 to do up1654 ratifyc1720 ultimate1849 terminate1857 1553 J. Bradford Let. 19 Nov. in J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (1570) II. xi. 1817/2 That we might with more hast runne out our race before night come, and the doores bee sparred. 1571 N. Boweman in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) II. 555 Houres, dayes, and yeeres, runne out their course at last. 1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. xxii. 378 So direct our course that we may run out the race into which we are entred. 1645 J. Milton On Time in Poems 19 Fly envious Time, till thou run out thy race. 1681 Compl. Jockey xv. 49 in Markham's Master-piece Revived When you heat your horse thereon, let him run out the full Course, and never beyond the weighing Post. 1762 T. Mortimer Brit. Plutarch IV. 145 Queen Mary had run out the race of mortality. 1834 Amer. Turf Reg. Oct. 50 He gathered up his horse, applied the persuaders, and ran out the heat within fifteen feet of the mare. 1892 Illustr. Sporting & Dramatic News 23 July 691/3 He didn't run his race out gamely and do his very best. 1904 Chatterbox 302/2 Perhaps you'll think I am about to die, And that I nearly have run out my race. 1955 H. Kubly Amer. in Italy xi. 173 Only seven horses ran out the race, which was won by the Snails. 2003 Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) (Nexis) 28 Nov. Pacific Dancer is another staying type who runs his races out generously. b. transitive. To bring (a race or other contest) to a conclusive result; to continue with a succession of heats until there is a single winner of (a contest or trophy); to determine, decide. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > match or competition > take part in match or competition [verb (transitive)] > bring to conclusive result to run out1828 1828 Morning Post 11 Nov. Monarch and Modish remaining the two last [dogs], the Cup was won by them, but not run out. 1840 Morning Chron. 30 Sept. A dead heat between [the horses] Muley Ishmael and Amurath; not run out when our account left. 1891 Field 7 Nov. 711/3 The Tenant Farmers' Cup was, of course, run out, and was won by..Lavender Green. 1948 Times 13 Feb. 2/6 The semi-finalists, who will run out the event to-day, are Large as Life, Lady of the Lamp, Misty Lagoon, and Noted Sunlight. c. transitive. To fulfil (an engagement to take part in a race). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > carrying out > observance or carrying out a promise, law, etc. > observe or carry out a promise, law, etc. [verb (transitive)] > an engagement to run out1833 1833 Q. Rev. July 386 Our present monarch..has no taste for this sport [sc. horse-racing]; but continued it for a short time after his brother's death to run out his engagements. 1842 Morning Post 7 Nov. 6/4 The editor of a weekly sporting paper had the exquisite taste to suggest that he [sc. a horse] should run out his engagement at Goodwood. 1887 York Herald 17 May Bendigo is to remain under the charge of Jousiffe..until he has run out any engagements for which Mr. Barclay may think proper to start him. 1929 N.Z. Truth 6 June 13/8 He is entitled to run out his hack nominations at South Canterbury, but after that meeting he must contest open events. 1936 Observer 13 Dec. 38 William IV. was no turfite at heart, but after his brother's death he continued for a time to run out the engagements of his horses. d. Originally Billiards. (a) intransitive. To emerge as the winner; to win, esp. easily or decisively. Frequently with complement, as to run out a winner, etc. (in later use also sometimes with a complement indicating a result other than winning). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > result [verb (intransitive)] > emerge or come out to come off1590 to come out1823 to run out1869 society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > win, lose, or score [verb (intransitive)] > win win1297 romp1869 to run out1869 account1928 1869 Sportsman Feb. 87 Cook..only got 10 more, as Roberts, assisted by a break of 42, soon ran out. 1870 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 4 Jan. 3/6 Mr. Cooksley gradually from the commencement increased the difference in his favour, and ran out an easy winner by 49 points. 1896 Times 1 June 13/5 Fennell successfully defended some short chases, and ran out at 6–4 in 25 minutes. 1941 G. Heyer Envious Casca xii. 219 [She] miscued... ‘You'll run out now.’ 1976 Bridgwater Mercury 21 Dec. British Cellophane's second team ran out 4–1 winners against Bridgwater Police in the fourth division of the Somerset Squash League. 1987 Basketball Monthly Sept. 19/1 The Slavs..never managed to catch the Soviets, who ran out 100–93. 1991 Sunday Tasmanian (Nexis) 2 June South Launceston ran out losers by a massive 168 points. 2009 T. Buckley Bad Things Happen xx. 202 Dublin eventually ran out undeserving winners, and we all trudged out of the ground. (b) transitive. To win (a match, etc.), esp. easily or decisively. ΚΠ 1873 Standard 8 Dec. 6/2 H. Evans..only a few days ago ran out a match with an unfinished break of 161. 1906 N.Y. Times 21 Nov. 10/3 Cline finally by open-table play ran out the match with 14 varied cushion shots. 1977 New Yorker 10 Oct. 152/2 He then dropped service again, after which Connors ran out the set, 6–2. 2009 M. J. Fisher Terrible Splendor ii. 92 The American ran out the match 0-6, 9-7, 8-6, 6-3. 5. intransitive. With into (also to). To develop or change into something; to develop, or come to have, particular features or attributes; to reach a particular point in argument, thought, etc. (In later use frequently spec. in negative sense: to degenerate into something.) Cf. sense 62a(a). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > immaterial [verb (transitive)] > extend to (of immaterial things) reacha1625 run1643 to run out1727 prolong1880 ?1560 T. Norton Orations of Arsanes sig. R.j The very name of that excellent Constantine..maketh me to runne out into ioyfull exclaiming. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. ii. viii. f. 59v The felowship of mariage it selfe, was ordeined for remedie of necessitie, that wee shoulde not runne oute into vnbrydled luste. 1583 Answeare Def. Censure Charkes Bk. f. 63v [He] who taking vpon him to make a booke..for lacke of matter must runne out to such imaginations as neuer came into his masterships head. 1602 R. Shelford Lectures (new ed.) 14 That he might hold all youth vnder his obedience, which otherwise would runne out into all maner of extremities. 1607 Bp. J. Hall Holy Observ. 80 The best ground vntilled soonest runs out into ranke weeds. 1646 H. Hammond Severall Tracts 119 The want of blood was the cause that they ran out into so many legs. 1727 D. Defoe Ess. Hist. Apparitions iv. 26 Others run out to an imaginary Scheme of Guardian Angels. 1755 J. Hervey Theron & Aspasio III. xvi. 316 The Laurustinus ran out into a beautiful Irregularity of Shape. 1787 J. Berington Hist. Lives Abeillard & Heloisa i. 7 Their ethics ran out into idle speculations, into definitions and divisions of vice and virtue. 1837 C. Lofft Self-formation I. 74 The scribbling mania ran out into an hyperbole of madness. 1876 Jrnl. Hort., Cottage Gardener, & Country Gentleman 1 June 435/2 We let the short-jointed growths run out to three or four leaves and stop the others. 1909 H. E. Krehbiel Bk. Operas xvii. 341 A most winsome duet, which runs out into a description of the dream. 1949 Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 9 578 When we infer from this false theory..the conclusion that [etc.], confusion runs out into utter futility. 1990 J. H. Curtis in G. Fox Wks. I. 18 This business procedure is a major reason why Friends have..avoided running out into complete individualistic anarchy. 6. a. intransitive. To protrude, jut out; to project. Cf. to run in 2 at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > project or be prominent [verb (intransitive)] tootc897 shootc1000 to come outOE abuta1250 to stand outc1330 steek?c1335 risea1398 jutty14.. proferc1400 strutc1405 to stick upa1500 issuec1515 butt1523 to stick outc1540 jut1565 to run out1565 jet1593 gag1599 poke1599 proke1600 boke1601 prosiliate1601 relish1611 shoulder1611 to stand offa1616 protrude1704 push1710 projecta1712 protend1726 outstand1755 shove1850 outjut1851 extrude1852 bracket1855 to corbel out1861 to set out1892 pier1951 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Peninsula excurrit, the countrey lieth, or renneth out in length. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies i. xx. 67 Many hold, that above Florida, the Land runnes out very large towards the North. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 8 The chief of 'em is situate on a Rock that runs out into the Sea. 1780 W. Coxe Acct. Russ. Discov. 166 It is divided..into three promontories, one of which runs out in a Westerly direction. 1816 W. Scott Let. 12 Nov. (1933) IV. 291 I have now several hundred acres thereof, running out as far as beyond the lake. 1887 C. Reade Woman-hater (new ed.) xviii. 192 The back [of the chair] went higher than his head, the seat ran out as far as his ankle, when seated. 1897 ‘Snaffle’ In Land of Bora xxvi. 250 About five furlongs further on the main cliff ran out in an elbow. 1915 A. H. Mills With My Regiment (1916) xvi. 176 The trenches themselves were..partly excavated from a ploughed field which ran out in the direction of the enemy. 1943 G. E. Payne in E. A. Gutkind Creative Demobilisation II. 191 The northern end of the Somerset and Bristol coalfield..runs out in a northerly direction from the eastern part of Bristol. 1992 M. F. Twist Spacious Days ix. 112 A new gate and fence..had recently been erected, where the meadow ran out to a point and joined the pond just short of the mill. b. transitive. Chiefly Nautical. To move (a gun) into a position such that the muzzle projects from the porthole or embrasure, so as to be ready for firing. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > management of artillery > operate (artillery) [verb (transitive)] > bring gun to firing position to run out1665 to run up1813 1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. xxix. 105 The deck being instantlie filled with men that were below, and running out her Guns there could be no wisdom of resistance. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. ii. 19 That we may be ready to run out our Guns when the Word is given. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 378 We were too many for them, for we run out our Guns..and..they retir'd. 1805 E. Berry in Ld. Nelson Disp. & Lett. (1846) VII. 118 I ordered the quarter-boat to be cut away, and ran out the stern chasers. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxix. 349 Our bow gun had been loaded and run out. 1907 Times 20 Nov. 9/2 A pneumatic recuperator runs out the gun automatically after every round. 1979 P. O'Brian Fortune of War viii. 291 The crews heaved furiously at their tackles, worming, sponging, reloading, and running out their guns. 2006 R. Conroy 1862 ii. 30 The U.S. ship continued to ignore him, and even ran out her guns. 7. intransitive. Of the tide: to recede; to ebb. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > tide > type of tide > types of tide [verb (intransitive)] > ebb falleOE ebbOE wanec1290 reflow1429 to go out1595 to run out1608 refloat1632 1608 W. Stere in S. Purchas Pilgrimes (1625) III. iii. vi. 519 And when the Tide doth runne out, all the Whales doe runne into the sayd Swalth. 1684 T. Otway Atheist Epil. sig. A4 Since the Whig-Tyde runs out, the Loyal flows. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Ammodytes The fish is commonly found at about half a foot deep under the sand, when the tide has run out. 1842 Sat. Mag. 13 Aug. 58/2 Such is the extreme shallowness and slow declivity of the beach, that the sea runs out nearly two miles at low water. 1893 Scribner's Mag. Sept. 342/1 On my way to the mill I crossed a small stream—or rather the bed of one, for the tide had run out. 1932 A. J. Worrall Eng. Idioms 78 By 10 o'clock the tide had run out. 1999 Canad. Geographic Ann. Apr. 98/1 The tide was running out when we arrived on Crawley Island to photograph Newfoundland ponies for Canadian Geographic. 8. a. intransitive. Of a rope, line, etc.: to pass out in a continuous length; to be paid out. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > extend longitudinally [verb (intransitive)] > become longer > be let out gradually to run out1625 1625 H. Hudson & J. Playse in S. Purchas Pilgrimes III. xiv. 565 (side note) Otherwise, if a stopper faile, the Cable would runne out end for end, that is altogether. 1689 J. Moyle Abstr. Sea Chyrurg. ii. xiii. 61 The Cable running out, a Kink therein happened to disaster a Man's Leg. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Stopper It serves, when they are hoising the main-yard, to stop it, that it don't run out too fast. 1846 A. Young Naut. Dict. 357 ‘Veer away the cable,’ that is, slack it and let it run out. 1889 Fishing 16 Feb. 76/1 My wretched little reel..would let the line run out easily enough, but would not reel in fast enough when the fish slacked. 1951 N. Monsarrat Cruel Sea (1953) i. vii. 39 His shout of ‘Let go!’ was answered by the thunderous roar of the cable running out. 1984 P. O'Brian Far Side of World iii. 89 The line running out so fast it smokes against the bollard and you have to sluice it. 2009 R. Hawk Twisted Ladder xv. 131 The line flashed and Daddy pulled, then let it run out again. b. transitive. To allow or cause (a rope, line, etc.) to be drawn or carried out; to pay out. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > longitudinal extent > [verb (transitive)] > lengthen elongc1420 protend?a1475 lengthen1555 extend1569 produce1570 prolong1574 elongate1578 carry1587 run1630 continue1667 to run outa1670 prolongate1671 a1670 J. Hacket Cent. Serm. (1675) 399 He [sc. the devil] had run out his line, and tried all his strength. 1718 G. Jacob Compl. Sportsman 131 You may have your Pike-Lines baited as above, fixed with a small Wadd of Rushes to prevent the Baits running out the Line. 1777 W. Hutchinson Treat. Pract. Seamanship 75 To swing her the right way to keep the hawse clear, without the trouble of towing with a boat, running out a rope, and a small anchor, &c. 1842 N. Michell Traduced II. xxix. 282 Then slowly running out his cable, and driving backwards before the tempest, he approached the wreck. 1892 Illustr. London News 9 Apr. 455/2 The salmon..runs out some yards of line. 1915 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 199/1 He would make the rod bend like a bow..as he ran out the line, always making for the weed-bed at the bottom. 1979 N. Wallington Fireman! i. 20 Once I had found the hydrant and run out hose to connect to the appliance, it was clear [etc.]. 2006 G. Powter Strange & Dangerous Dreams xi. 228 He was forced to run out a rope, tie it in place, rappel back down, then haul his huge gear bags up the wall. 9. a. (a) transitive (reflexive). = 9a(c). Now rare.In early use sometimes with complement indicating the amount spent. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > spend [verb (reflexive)] > spend beyond one's means to run out1633 overspend1850 1633 Earl of Strafford Let. 20 May (1739) I. 85 Young Mr. Goring is gone to travel, having run himself out eight thousand Pounds, which he purposeth to redeem by his Frugality abroad. 1669 S. Pepys Diary 14 Feb. (1976) IX. 448 The King would run himself out, beyond all his cred[it] and Fonds. 1755 C. Charke Narr. Life 153 I had successfully run myself out very near seven Pounds, in less than twenty-four Hours, to acquire, nothing at all. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. II. 2 He received it in periodical payments on every alternate Monday; but he ran himself out about a day after the expiration of the first week. 1910 Hearings before U.S. Senate Sel. Comm. Wages & Prices Commodities I. 48 I would soon run myself out if I sold any cheaper than I do now. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > squander [verb (transitive)] forspendc893 scatter1154 dispend1303 waste1340 misspendc1390 miswastec1400 consumec1425 waste1474 profund1527 lasha1535 prodige1538 lavish1542 to play away1562 riot1566 embezzle1578 dilapidate1590 squander1593 confound1598 to make ducks and drakes of or withc1600 prodigalize1611 profuse1611 squander1611 paddle1616 bezzle1617 to run out of ——1622 to piss away1628 prodigal1628 decoct1629 to bangle (away)1632 debauch1632 deboise1632 to fribble away1633 to fool out1635 to run outa1640 to fiddle away1667 slattera1681 dissipate1682 to play off1693 duck-and-drake1700 liquidate1702 sparkle away1703 waster1821 befool1861 to frivol away1866 to play (at) duck and drake with1872 to fling away1873 mislive1887 slather1904 mucker1928 profligate1938 peter1956 spaff2002 a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) v. ii. 46 Your bonds lie For your sons truth, and they shall answer all They have run out. 1679 T. Shadwell True Widow iii. 41 Bellamore keeps a Player, and will run out his Estate. 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 264. ⁋2 At which Age he ran out a small Patrimony. 1740 J. Tull Horse-hoeing Husb. (ed. 2) 269 The Expence doth not run out the Profit of them. a1795 G. Haggitt Serm. Country Congregations (1796) I. x. 150 He will call him extravagant, will hint that he is running out his fortune, and ruining his family. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. iii. iv. 370 He..taught them..to squander their substance: he had no qualms as to running out his own, for the deed was done. 1872 E. Bulwer-Lytton in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 417/2 His father..ran out his fortune and died poor. 1880 E. C. Brewer Reader's Handbk. 1091/1 After having run out his money, Lucy is brought to him as a courtezan. (c) intransitive. Originally: to spend or squander money or assets. Later more generally: to come to the end of one's resources or stock. Cf. to run out of —— 1b at Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > not have or lack [verb (intransitive)] > come to end of resources to run out1692 society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > spend money wastefully or extravagantly [verb (intransitive)] > spend all one has to perish the (also one's) pack1656 to run out1692 1692 in 15th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1899) App. II. 21 'Tis supposed he ran out by liveing above his fortune. 1727 J. Swift Stella's Birth-day: 1720 in J. Swift et al. Misc.: Last Vol. iii. 152 Had her Stock been less, no doubt, She must have long ago run out. 1781 S. Johnson Let. 23 Oct. (1992) III. 363 I sincerely applaud your resolution not to run out, and wish You always to save something. 1882 Gleanings Bee Culture Sept. 446/1 I try to have hives and outside boxes on hand when needed, but I ran out last Friday. 1965 ‘A. Nicol’ Truly Married Woman 103 ‘Oxygen,’ Doc said. ‘We ran out last week, sir, I forgot to tell you,’ the nurse said. 1972 J. Wilson Hide & Seek vi. 106 ‘Haven't you got any?’ asked Alice. ‘No—no, I've run out,’ he said. 2000 M. C. White Dream of Wolves xxiii. 307 Oh, and could you pick me up some more turpentine? I ran out last night. b. intransitive. To become expended or exhausted; to come to an end. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > be insufficient [verb (intransitive)] > become scanty or scarce > run out tirec725 failc1250 dispend1393 wanta1425 expirec1515 defect1587 to run out1685 to fall short1694 to spin out1720 to run short1850 to give out1861 1685 J. Dryden tr. Lucretius Conc. Nature of Love iv, in Sylvæ 85 Th' Estate runs out, and mortgages are made. a1722 J. Lauder Jrnls. (1900) 307 Till the speat and humour of the people ag[ain]st him wer spent and runne out. 1814 M. Leadbeater & E. Shackleton Tales for Cottagers 4 When all his money was run out, he returned to his work. 1847 J. J. Oswandel Notes Mexican War (1885) vi. 332 Our wood has run out, and as the Mexicans have forbidden all fuel, produce, etc., from coming into our quarters, we were [etc.]. 1889 J. Masterman Scotts of Bestminster II. xi. 217 The stock of ready-made clothing had run out. 1904 St. Nicholas July 831/1 Lloyd's father sighed and said: ‘No, little woman; I am sorry to say that our pay dirt is running out.’ 1955 Times 6 June 7/2 In the course of this week stocks in some factories will begin to run out. 1966 M. R. D. Foot SOE in France x. 341 Cinema-phono had never been a lucky circuit, and its luck now ran out altogether. 1968 G. Jones Hist. Vikings ii. iv. 122 Here at Fitjar Hakon's luck ran out. He suffered a mortal wound. 2002 Time Out N.Y. 18 Apr. 36/3 The sale ends when supplies run out. 10. transitive. North American. To mark off, delineate, define (a portion of land, boundary, etc.). Cf. sense 67. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > bound or form boundary of [verb (transitive)] > fix boundary of meteeOE markeOE mereOE bound1393 determinea1398 terminea1398 rede1415 measurea1513 butt1523 space1548 limit1555 determinate1563 to mark out1611 contermine1624 to run out1671 verge1759 demarcate1816 outline1817 define1843 rope1862 delimit1879 delimitate1879 1671 in S. Carolina Hist. Soc. Coll. (1897) 5 298 Another Surveyor..doth proffer to run out all parcells of land above 500 Akers at a Penny per Acre. 1719 in N. Bouton Provinc. Papers New-Hampsh. (1868) II. 726 The above boundaries when so run out..is the bounds of said Parish. 1763 G. Croghan in C. Gist Jrnls. (1893) 194 I am sorry the Col. John Armstrong has not returned ye four Tracts run out for you last fall. 1840 Penny Mag. 1 Aug. 300/1 The usual custom in those township surveys is to run out the land into section, half-section, and quarter-section lots. 1858 J. Law Colonial Hist. Vincennes 61 It would be very difficult for a surveyor, with chain and compass at the present time, to run out these ancient boundaries. 1919 C. R. Pettis N.Y. State Parks & Reservations 208 It was thought advisable to run out the property lines. 1994 R. Morgan Hinterlands (1999) ii. 155 I'd seen surveyors work, running out a boundary with their rod and chain, and their sighting instruments. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > expansion or enlargement > expand or enlarge [verb (transitive)] broada1250 room?1316 enlargec1380 largea1382 magnifya1382 alargec1384 spreada1387 amplify1432 brede1440 expanse1477 ampliatea1513 dilate1528 propagate1548 widen1566 explicate1578 expatiate1603 diduce1605 engross?1611 dilatate1613 biggen1643 promote1652 intend1658 expand1665 to run out1683 amplificate1731 broaden1744 outstretcha1758 largen1869 big1884 society > communication > printing > preparatory processes > composing > compose [verb (transitive)] > space > space out to run out1683 space1683 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. 222 If a White-line be English, he may take it out, and in its room put in Pica, Long-primmer or Brevier, according as he finds he has Run out. 1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. Dict. 375 When a Compositor Sets Wide, he is said to Drive out or Run out. 1716 J. Addison Freeholder No. 30. ⁋10 Having already run my paper out to its usual length. a1848 R. W. Hamilton in Evangelical Mag. (1864) Dec. 770 Let it never be done to fill up a sentence which you cannot finish, or to run out a paragraph which you cannot point. 1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 117 Run out, to fill up or ‘run out’ a line with quadrats or full points. 12. Agriculture. a. transitive. To impoverish, exhaust (land) by overuse or poor management. Cf. run-out adj.1 Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > exhaust land [verb (transitive)] > exhaust wear?1507 to wear out1586 drive1645 to run out1698 overcrop1743 exhaust1787 overteem1818 skin1845 nigger1859 overplant1890 1698 J. Donaldson Postscript Husb. Anat. 37 Working in the most industrious way that can be invented to run out the ground. 1799 J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 139 By this management however, it is impossible they can run out the land. 1838 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 2nd Ser. iv. 60 The land gets run out in his hands, and is no good for ever after. 1901 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 443 The law, as it now stands, encourages the Irish farmer to run out his farm. 1919 Q. Bull. (Michigan Agric. College Expt. Station) Aug. 39 The same soil..is also easily ‘run out’ by improper methods of farming. b. intransitive. Of land: to become impoverished or exhausted through overuse or poor management. Now rare. ΚΠ 1833 A. Fraser Nat. Hist. Salmon (ed. 2) 129 The crop is now short; the land is run out and requires rest. 1835 Silk Culturist Oct. 52/1 Their grass lands have ‘run out’, and they have no means to manure them. 1862 Amer. Agriculturist Mar. 77/3 The soil has run out for want of a man to till it. 1906 W. T. Davis Plymouth Memories of Octogenarian xlviii. 510 The soil has run out after nearly three centuries of cultivation without renewal of those properties and ingredients which successive crops have exhausted. 1998 G. Lodgson You can go Home Again xviii. 187 In early winter, when the pasture ran out, I removed the woven-wire fence from around the stack. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > sow seed [verb (transitive)] > germinate to run out1719 sprout1770 germ1791 stratify1827 1719 Act 6 Geo. I c. 21 in Statutes at Large (1735) V. 180 Causing the said Malt..to run out and grow at that End of the Grain from which the Root proceeds. 1790 W. Marshall Agric. Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Midland Counties II. 441 To run out, to grow or sprout as corn in harvest. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II. 699/1 Run-out, to grow, or sprout. Devon. 14. Cricket. a. transitive. Of a member of the fielding side: to dismiss (a batter) by hitting the wicket with the ball while the batter is still running between the popping creases. Of a batter: to cause (his or her partner) to be dismissed in this way. Frequently in passive. Also reflexive: to cause oneself to be run out. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > dismissal of batsman > put out [verb (transitive)] > manner of dismissal bowl1719 to run out1750 catch1789 stump1789 st.1797 to throw out1832 rattle1841 to pitch out1858 clean-bowl1862 skittle1880 shoot1900 skittle1906 trap1919 1750 Kentish Post 15 Sept. Tom Bell (run out)..0. 1787 Daily Universal Reg. 4 Sept. 3/1 Longhurst, the best Kingston player, was run out, as soon as in. 1823 M. R. Mitford in Lady's Mag. July 391/1 Joel Brent..ran out his mate, Samuel Long. 1825 C. M. Westmacott Eng. Spy II. 89 Bacelli run him out. 1836 New Sporting Mag. Oct. 360 By backing up too far, he ran himself out. 1904 Baily's Mag. Apr. 275/2 We hear dreadful stories of a batsman being given ‘run out’ when well set. 1912 P. F. Warner Eng. v. Austral. xii. 134 Hitch and Strudwick between them ran out Tumilty. 1933 M. Lowry Ultramarine ii. 80 You go in first and run out the chief steward. 1986 Wisden Cricket Monthly Aug. 17/2 He went in first—and was somewhat deflatingly run out without receiving a ball. 2008 Outlook 5 May 6/2 Batsmen may run themselves out, but the girls won't run out of tricks to delight us. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (intransitive)] > be out to run out1756 fall1829 go1831 walk1960 1756 T. Turner Diary 27 Sept. (1984) (modernized text) 65 [The match] was like to be won with great ease by Lindfield, they most often running out designedly or striking up their wickets the second innings. 1828 Boy's Own Bk. 22 When a striker has run out, the notch they were running for shall not be reckoned. 1876 A. Haygarth's Cricket Scores & Biogr. V. 368 Five ran out on the Bradford side. 15. transitive (reflexive). To exhaust oneself, esp. by running; (more generally, of a person or thing) to come to the end of all available energy, passion, etc.Not always clearly distinguishable from 9a(c). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ceasing > cease activity [verb (reflexive)] stay1560 spend1594 muzzle1660 to run out1845 to pull up1861 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > weary or exhaust [verb (reflexive)] > in specific ways overrun1533 overthink1628 overmusea1652 over-dance1653 overtravel1654 forfight1661 overwalk1662 over-read1668 overwrite1752 overpreach1865 outwrite1883 overshoot1883 to run out1892 1753 J. Fordyce Ess. Action Proper for Pulpit 36 To manage his Force as he finds occasion, so as not to run himself out, but to reserve sufficient Strength and Spirit for [etc.]. 1825 W. Hazlitt in New Monthly Mag. 13 53 Lord Byron appears to me to have fairly run himself out in this debilitating intercourse with the wanton Muse. 1833 Sporting Mag. Dec. 76/2 Although at the end he appeared to win easily, yet it was only through the other having run himself out at the beginning. 1845 R. C. Trench Fitness Holy Script. i. 12 Controversies, which..have not yet run themselves out. 1892 Eng. Illustr. Mag. 9 451 It is not an uncommon thing to see the two last men running themselves out in order to beat each other. 1915 Pearson's Mag. June 710/1 You don't know what it is to run yourself out. You've been an easy winner and you've grown lazy. 1991 D. Eddings Sapphire Rose xxxi. 476 His grief had run itself out now and had been replaced with only a profound regret. 2007 J. Hobbs Tourists xi. 120 He ran himself out too early and died at the end while the other runners overtook him. 16. intransitive. Of a variety of crop plant or breed of domestic animal: to lose its distinguishing characteristics in successive generations; to become unproductive. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > harvest [verb (intransitive)] > bad harvest or crop failure fail1297 to run out1772 1772 A. Hunter et al. Georgical Ess. (new ed.) IV. iv. 98 From want of attention to this circumstance, I have known potatoes so run out, that they hardly returned treble feed. 1838 Mag. Hort. May 163 We very often see whole beds of them [sc. strawberries] in fine flourishing condition, almost entirely unproductive. The common parlance in such cases is that the variety has ‘run out’ or degenerated. 1867 Ann. Rep. Missouri State Board Agric. 1866 39 It is very readily admitted that no class of stock changes its characteristics so easily as swine; and..we often hear the complaint that the breed has ‘run out’. 1890 Bull. Cornell Agric. Exper. Station 21 88 We are still confirmed in our belief that varieties of tomatoes are unstable and that they soon ‘run out’. 1908 11th Texas Farmer's Congr. (Texas Dept. Agric.) 147 Breeders have often gone so far as to change breeds, thinking that the old breed had run out, but never giving a thought to the real cause. 1957 G. H. Duncan & W. A. Ross Growing Field Crops 10 Sometimes disease and insect invasions reverse the process of plant improvement by adjustment. When this happens, varieties are said to run out. 17. intransitive. Horse Racing. Of a horse: to run outside the marked boundaries of a racecourse. ΚΠ 1762 Scots Mag. Apr. 175/2 Duke of Devonshire's Old Whig, ran out of the course.] 1801 Morning Post 18 May 4/2 Mr. Perrin's b.c. Jack Chance, 3 yrs old, ran out. 1834 Sporting Mag. July 254/2 Fifty yards from home, on being called upon, Witless ran out, to the left, for the Royal Stand. 1868 Daily News 12 Oct. 2/2 Rattler fell at the third fence, Delium refused, and Spatchcock and Love in a Mist ran out. 1926 Times 19 Mar. 6/1 Lee Bridge disappointed those people who thought that he would run out, for he jumped it perfectly. 1971 G. H. Morris Hunter Seat Equitation vii. 113 When the rider is using a stick on approaching a fence, the horse has more time to run out unless the rider is quick to return to both reins. 2010 Daily Star (Nexis) 20 Jan. 45 Plenty of people advised me to jock him off after the horse ran out at Cheltenham last March but I'm not like that and stay loyal to my jockey. 18. transitive. To enumerate, list, run through. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > make specific [verb (transitive)] > deal with or relate in detail detail1650 circumstantiate1658 to run out1839 1839 Southern Literary Messenger 5 446/1 Such a mind..can run out the details for itself whenever occasion may require. 1878 T. L. Cuyler Pointed Papers 253 It would be easy to run out the points of resemblance. 1900 Amer. Law Reg. 48 223 If ever there was a man who knew accurately the history of titles.., who could run out all the ramifications.., it was Mr. Price. 19. transitive. To drive out (horses or cattle), esp. to pasture. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [verb (transitive)] > pasture leasowc950 feed1382 pasturec1400 to put to grass1471 grassc1500 to turn out?1523 graze1564 impasture1614 put1620 depasture1713 run1767 to run out1851 1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters I. xviii. 237 We ran our animals out on their trailropes to feed. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 241 First, Jack..ran out half a dozen quiet cattle. 1893 Pall Mall Mag. 2 78 I used to run up the horses at five o'clock in the morning, and run 'em out again..at night. 1962 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 13 Feb. 15/1 We ran the horses out into the park... We didn't have time to put them up. The place was going up too fast. 1991 D. R. Parks tr. A. Morsette Trad. Narr. Arikara Indians 435 With the dogs barking, the young man ran the other horses out into the open space. 20. transitive. a. Cricket. To complete the running necessary to make a score from (a hit). Frequently in imperative. Now rare.Used esp. with reference to the action of scoring a number of runs from a single hit by running repeatedly between the wickets, as distinct from accepting the four or six runs awarded automatically because the ball has crossed the boundary. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (transitive)] > score runs fetch1735 run1752 to knock up1837 to knock off1851 to run out1856 to hit off1857 rattle1860 compile1884 to hit up1895 slog1897 1856 Househ. Words 2 Feb. 60/2 When you holloa out... ‘Run it out!’ 1886 J. Pycroft Oxf. Memories II. xxi. 89 There were no bounds, all hits were run out. 1908 W. E. W. Collins Leaves from Old Country Cricketer's Diary xi. 180 Run it out, sir, run it out. I hope you'll get six. 1933 Washington Post 9 Sept. 13 The batting side is automatically credited with a ‘four’..without bothering to run it out. 1944 H. B. Paterson in C. Wilmot Tobruk 1941 xiii. 179 If we drive one in the minefield we always run it out, For this is what our local rule defines. b. Baseball. To run at top speed towards first base after hitting (the ball). ΚΠ 1895 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 27 Apr. 6/1 Badger hit it to short and run it out. 1933 N.Y. Times 1 Mar. 21/3 He had been tearing up grounders in the vicinity of third base, running out hits in the batting practice and knocking fungoes to the outfield. 1973 Baseball Digest June 90/2 Always run it out, take nothing for granted. With practice, you should be able to keep track of the ball without breaking stride or losing speed. 2010 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) (Nexis) 6 June (Sport section) 6 He's been benched for not running out ground balls. 21. transitive. Cricket. Of a batter: to move out rapidly from the popping crease to hit the ball. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (intransitive)] > types of batting to play back1816 to step in1837 to play forward1851 to run out1858 slog1869 hang one's bat out to dry1895 to force the game1897 to farm the strike1901 to sit on (or upon) the splice1906 1858 W. E. Dickson Storm & Sunshine 94 Dick sends awful shooters, I can tell you! Well, little Green was very nervous, ran out to every ball. 1882 Daily Tel. 27 May Bannerman only made one hit before running out to hit Barratt and getting disposed of. 1921 E. V. Lucas E. A. Abbey II. xxxviii. 396 F.Meyrick Jones, the quickest-footed batsman that ever ran out to meet the ball. 1975 N. S. Ramaswami From Porbandar to Wadekar xx. 138 He had a rush of blood to the head, ran out to Patel and was stumped. 2002 Evening Herald (Plymouth) (Nexis) 16 Aug. 64 Dawson.., in an effort to raise the tempo, ran out to hit spinner Steve Ades over the top and was given out stumped. 22. transitive. To turn out, manufacture, produce. Cf. to run off 3b at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [verb (transitive)] > produce or bring forth > with ease, speed, or success, or in large quantities whip1611 to work off1653 to hit off1700 dispatchc1710 to throw off1724 to run off1759 to turn off1825 to turn out1847 to run out1872 to churn out1912 proliferate1912 slug1925 whomp1955 gurgitate1963 1872 Publisher's & Stationer's Weekly Trade Circular 28 Mar. 273/1 They have increased their facilities to run out eighty dozen per week. 1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 19 The Sunderland, with a furnace of 15 tons of daily capacity, ran out 1,500 flasks last year. 1911 Chambers's Jrnl. Sept. 596/2 When you have read it over, I will run out another copy. 1995 M. Broadwell Supervisor & On-the-job Training (ed. 4) 68 The employee will be able to run out 100 items an hour, with no more than five that do not pass inspection. 23. intransitive. colloquial (originally U.S.). to run out on: to abandon or desert (a person, esp. one's spouse or partner in a relationship). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)] > desert or deny a person forsakea1300 refusec1350 nitec1390 swerve1390 relinquish1472 relinque1483 renounce1582 to fling off1587 derelicta1631 relapse1633 plant1743 to throw over1835 chuck up (the sponge)1878 ditch1899 ruck1903 to run out on1912 to walk out1921 squib1938 1912 C. E. Van Loan Ten-thousand-dollar Arm 117 Now, I know he quit, and he was n't game enough to come and tell me about it! He run out on me, too! 1916 Munsey's Mag. Sept. 689/1 He was runnin' out on the lady. He was leavin' for the East on the midnight train, an' didn't have the sand to go tell her it was off. 1942 T. Rattigan Flare Path i. 25 You were a fool to run out on me, weren't you? 1973 ‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Starry Bird xv. 221 I decided I was going back to Rome... Johnson, on whom I was running out, listened to me with patience. 2004 I. Calder Untold Story x. 187 We caught dozens of deadbeat dads who had run out on their families and refused to pay child support. 24. transitive. to run out the clock and variants. a. Sport. To attempt to preserve a winning or advantageous position by refraining from making an active attempt to score, playing more slowly, etc.; to allow time to lapse intentionally, esp. near the end of a game or match and by a team that is in the lead. Cf. to run down the clock at Phrasal verbs 1. ΚΠ 1942 N.Y. Times 7 Dec. 30/1 The Giants ran out the clock without any trouble. 1968 F. Exley Fan's Notes (1985) 69 And the Lions, having finally taken over the ball, were a good way up the field, playing ball control and running out the clock, before my mind accepted the evidence of my eyes. 1985 Black Belt Nov. 119 I told her to run the clock out, but the black belt from Turkey had other ideas. 2009 R. Lazenby Jerry West 103 At the end, West was dribbling to run out the clock. b. To waste time, stall, prevaricate intentionally; to go through the motions. ΘΚΠ the world > time > spending time > spend time or allow time to pass [verb (transitive)] > waste time leese?c1225 losea1340 defer1382 wastea1400 slip1435 consumea1500 superexpend1513 slow?1522 sloth1523 to fode forth1525 slack1548 dree1584 sleuth1584 confound1598 spenda1604 to fret out1608 to spin out1608 misplace1609 spend1614 tavern1628 devast1632 to drill away, on, outa1656 dulla1682 to dally away1685 squander1693 to linger awaya1704 dangle1727 dawdle1768 slim1812 diddle1826 to run out the clock1957 1957 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 24 June 8/4 When the filibuster starts again, it may well run out the clock until sine die adjournment. 1970 W. J. Vanden Heuvel & M. Gwirtzman On his Own iii. 53 The withdrawal of the Fair Campaign Practices letter climaxed the campaign and ended Keating's chances. In the last week the candidates merely ran out the clock. 1983 C. Cussler Pacific Vortex (1994) ix. 113 He hesitated, killing time, trying to run out the clock. 2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 Mar. a22/5 The imposition of any such deadline suggests a prosecutorial strategy: delay, obfuscate and run out the clock until a defendant is put to death. < as lemmas |
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