Definition: Meaning of, run out in English to English dictionary.
Pronunciation:/ rʌn aʊt /
phrasal verb
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run out
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Third Person Singular
running out
runs out
[intransitive] to use all of something and not have any left
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[intransitive] if something runs out, you do not have any more of it left
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[intransitive] if time is running out, you do not have long to do something
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[intransitive] if a pen runs out, it has no more ink left in it
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[intransitive] if an official agreement or document runs out, it stops being legal at a certain date
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[transitive] if someone is run out in cricket, they have to stop hitting the ball and leave the field because the other team hits one set of stumps (= sticks) with the ball before they can reach it
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run someone out of townold-fashioned to make a criminal or a person who you do not like leave a town