Other Definitions
run out (enc)
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Run Out| Verb | 1. | run out - become used up; be exhausted; "Our supplies finally ran out"run out - exhaust the supply of; "We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting" end, cease, terminate, finish, stop - have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" | | | 2. | run out - flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat"course, flow, run, feed - move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" | | | 3. | 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"go forth, leave, go away - go away from a place; "At what time does your train leave?"; "She didn't leave until midnight"; "The ship leaves at midnight" | | | 4. | run out - lose validity; "My passports expired last month"discontinue - come or be at an end; "the support from our sponsoring agency will discontinue after March 31" | | | 5. | run out - flow, run or fall out and become lost; "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table"slop, spill, splatter - cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container; "spill the milk"; "splatter water" course, flow, run, feed - move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" | | | 6. | run out - exhaust the supply of; "We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting"run out - become used up; be exhausted; "Our supplies finally ran out" | | | 7. | run out - prove insufficient; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought" | | | 8. | run out - use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out" | |
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