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Definition of 'run out'

verb

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

verb

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

verb

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]

verb

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

verb

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

verb

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

verb

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

verb

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]

Synonyms of 'run out'

From: Moby Thesaurus

advance,
ago,
antiquated,
antique,
apostatize,
be all over,
be consumed,
be done for,
be no more,
be used up,
become extinct,
become void,
betray,
blow,
blow out,
blow over,
blown over,
bolt,
bow out,
break away,
break down,
break out,
break through,
burn out,
by,
bygone,
bypast,
cast out,
cease,
chase out,
chatter,
collapse,
come forth,
come out,
come to naught,
come to nothing,
conk out,
continue,
crack up,
dated,
dead,
dead and buried,
debouch,
deceased,
defect,
defunct,
depart,
departed,
deport,
desert,
die,
die away,
disappear,
displace,
disused,
drag out,
drain,
drain out,
draw out,
drive out,
droop,
drop,
drum out,
dry up,
egress,
elapse,
elapsed,
emerge,
empty,
end,
endure,
erupt,
exhaust,
exile,
exit,
expatriate,
expel,
expire,
expired,
extend,
extinct,
fade away,
faint,
fatigue,
fill out,
find vent,
finished,
flag,
flit,
flow,
flow on,
flow out,
fly,
force out,
forgotten,
freeze out,
gasp,
get out,
get tired,
give out,
glide,
go,
go by,
go on,
go out,
gone,
gone glimmering,
gone out,
gone-by,
grow weary,
gush,
gush out,
harry out,
has-been,
have it,
have its time,
hunt out,
irrecoverable,
issue,
issue forth,
jade,
jet,
lapse,
lapsed,
last,
leak out,
let down,
make an exit,
march out,
never finish,
no more,
obsolete,
ooze out,
ostracize,
oust,
out,
out of style,
out of use,
outflow,
outpour,
outworn,
over,
pad,
pant,
pass,
pass away,
pass by,
pass out,
passe,
passed,
passed away,
past,
peg out,
perish,
perorate,
peter out,
play out,
poop out,
pour,
pour out,
press on,
proceed,
protract,
puff,
puff and blow,
pull out,
push out,
rat,
roll on,
rout out,
run,
run down,
run dry,
run its course,
run on,
run out on,
secede,
sell out,
sink,
slide,
slip,
sluice out,
smoke out,
speak at length,
spew out,
spin out,
spout,
spout out,
spurt,
stretch out,
string out,
succumb,
surge,
tire,
transport,
vanish,
vanished,
vomit forth,
walk out,
waste,
wear away,
wear off,
weary,
well,
well out,
wheeze,
wilt,
wound up

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