Definitions for run out

Definitions for (verb) run out

Main entry: run down, run out, peter out, conk out, poop out

Definition: use up all one's strength and energy and stop working

Usage: At the end of the march, I pooped out


Main entry: run out, fail, give out

Definition: prove insufficient

Usage: The water supply for the town failed after a long drought


Main entry: run out

Definition: become used up; be exhausted

Usage: Our supplies finally ran out


Main entry: run out

Definition: exhaust the supply of

Usage: We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting


Main entry: run off, run out, beetle off, bolt, bolt out

Definition: leave suddenly and as if in a hurry

Usage: The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas; When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out


Main entry: spill, run out

Definition: flow, run or fall out and become lost

Usage: The milk spilled across the floor; The wine spilled onto the table


Main entry: run out, drain

Definition: flow off gradually

Usage: The rain water drains into this big vat


Main entry: run out, expire

Definition: lose validity

Usage: My passports expired last month


Visual thesaurus for run out