run out
verb
ran out; run out; running out; runs out
intransitive verb
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
transitive verb
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
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web And the state has stepped in with a $1 billion fund to ensure more regional insurers do not run out reserves as Floridians get hit with more climate impacts. —
Akshat Rathi, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Jan. 2023 To ensure that the government does not run out of funds and shut down at the end of Friday as the legislation is processed, the House also approved a one-week stopgap bill, which Biden signed into law Friday afternoon. —Emily Cochrane, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Dec. 2022 To ensure that the government does not run out of funds and shut down at the end of Friday as the legislation is processed, the House also approved a one-week stopgap bill, which Mr. Biden signed into law Friday afternoon. —Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2022 And in a 116-113 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday, those non-Curry minutes were a major reason why Golden State didn’t get run out of American Airlines Center. —C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Nov. 2022 Homewood couldn’t run out the clock, but Ray’s punt went out of bounds at the Pike Road 1 with 1:09 remaining. —Anton Williams, al, 12 Nov. 2022 Unlike finite, tangible resources like water, fuel, land or fish, data doesn’t run out because it is used. —Orly Lobel, Time, 27 Oct. 2022 Unlike Medved, Rallings didn’t run out to the shooting scene. —oregonlive, 21 Oct. 2022 The fees make up a significant share of the revenue that enables the FDA to function on behalf of the public; the legislation must get congressional approval so that the FDA does not run out of funding to pay its staff. —David F. Arons, STAT, 11 Oct. 2022 See More
Akshat Rathi, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Jan. 2023 To ensure that the government does not run out of funds and shut down at the end of Friday as the legislation is processed, the House also approved a one-week stopgap bill, which Biden signed into law Friday afternoon. —Emily Cochrane, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Dec. 2022 To ensure that the government does not run out of funds and shut down at the end of Friday as the legislation is processed, the House also approved a one-week stopgap bill, which Mr. Biden signed into law Friday afternoon. —Emily Cochrane, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2022 And in a 116-113 loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday, those non-Curry minutes were a major reason why Golden State didn’t get run out of American Airlines Center. —C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Nov. 2022 Homewood couldn’t run out the clock, but Ray’s punt went out of bounds at the Pike Road 1 with 1:09 remaining. —Anton Williams, al, 12 Nov. 2022 Unlike finite, tangible resources like water, fuel, land or fish, data doesn’t run out because it is used. —Orly Lobel, Time, 27 Oct. 2022 Unlike Medved, Rallings didn’t run out to the shooting scene. —oregonlive, 21 Oct. 2022 The fees make up a significant share of the revenue that enables the FDA to function on behalf of the public; the legislation must get congressional approval so that the FDA does not run out of funding to pay its staff. —David F. Arons, STAT, 11 Oct. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a
Kids Definition
run out
verb1
: to come to an end : expire
time ran out before we could tie the game
2
: to become exhausted or used up
our supplies were running out
run out on
verb
as in to jump ship
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- jump ship
- walk out on
- go back on
- defect (from)
- desert
- rat (on)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- stick (to or with)
- adhere (to)
- cling (to)
- foster
- cultivate
- cherish