'run out' definitions:

Become used up; be exhausted; "Our supplies finally ran out"

Flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat" [syn: drain, run out]

Leave suddenly and as if in a hurry; "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"; "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out" [syn: run off, run out, bolt, bolt out, beetle off]

Lose validity; "My passports expired last month" [syn: run out, expire]

Flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table" [syn: spill, run out]

Exhaust the supply of; "We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting"

Prove insufficient; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought" [syn: fail, run out, give out]

Use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out" [syn: poop out, peter out, run down, run out, conk out]