| 单词 | to run out on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto run out on 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. < as lemmas |
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