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Definition of run out phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

run out

phrasal verb
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run out
  1.  
     if a supply of something runs out, it is used up or finished
    • Time is running out for the trapped miners.
  2. if an agreement or a document runs out, it no longer has any legal force synonym expireTopics Discussion and agreementb2
run out (of something)
 
  1. to use up or finish a supply of something
    • We ran out of fuel.
    • Could you get some milk? We seem to have run out.
run somebody out
  1. [often passive] (in cricket) to make a player stop batting by hitting the wicket with the ball before the player has completed his or her runTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
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