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Princeton's WordNet

  1. run outverb

    become used up; be exhausted

    "Our supplies finally ran out"

  2. drain, run outverb

    flow off gradually

    "The rain water drains into this big vat"

  3. run off, run out, bolt, bolt out, beetle offverb

    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"

  4. run out, expireverb

    lose validity

    "My passports expired last month"

  5. spill, run outverb

    flow, run or fall out and become lost

    "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table"

  6. run outverb

    exhaust the supply of

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

  7. fail, run out, give outverb

    prove insufficient

    "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"

  8. poop out, peter out, run down, run out, conk outverb

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

    "At the end of the march, I pooped out"

Wiktionary

  1. run outverb

    To use up; to consume all of something.

  2. run outverb

    to expire, to come to an end

  3. run outverb

    To get a batsman out via a run out (see above); or, to be got out in this way.

  4. run outverb

    Of a legal right, to expire, to terminate.

  5. run outverb

    To extend a piece of material, or clothing.

  6. run outverb

    To conclude in, to end up

Wikipedia

  1. Run out

    Run out is a method of dismissal in cricket, governed by Law 38 of the Laws of Cricket. A run out usually occurs when the batsmen are attempting to run between the wickets, and the fielding team succeed in getting the ball to one wicket before a batsman has crossed the crease line near the wicket. The run the batsmen were attempting to score does not count.

ChatGPT

  1. run out

    To run out means to exhaust or use up the supply or availability of something. It could also refer to the expiration of a particular time period. Additionally, in the context of sports, it can indicate a dismissal method in cricket.

Wikidata

  1. Run out

    Run out is a method of dismissal in the sport of cricket. It is governed by Law 38 of the Laws of cricket.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of run out in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of run out in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of run out in a Sentence

  1. Frank Gillett:

    People don't drop their brand new phones and run out and get new ones immediately, it takes a while to build up steam as people hit the replacement cycle.

  2. Walker Zimmerman:

    The party is going. I think we have run out of beer, coming into the locker room, everyone just decided, you know what, we realized our goal, which was to qualify, and we did that, so everyone kind of forgot about tonight. We put ourselves in that position, where we could afford to do that.

  3. Chastity Clark Baker:

    I thought I was crazy ! I was up all night because I kept hearing it, i was scared and thought it was the furnace. I kept walking through the house. I had everyone's jackets on the table in case we had to run out of here.

  4. David Charytan:

    We are not going to run out of ventilators. We are going to run out of supplies for the 30 % of patients who need dialysis.

  5. Antonio Pedro Figueira de Mello:

    The governor said there is no risk of water shortages in the short term and Cedae (Rio's water utility) said the city won't run out of water during Carnival, but there is always concern, the situation is serious and we need to conserve water.


Translations for run out

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  • agotar, expirar, vencer, extinguirSpanish
  • päättyä, loppua, käyttää loppuunFinnish
  • toucher à sa fin, être à court, épuiser, venir à expirationFrench
  • रन आउटHindi
  • finire, esaurireItalian
  • oprakenDutch
  • acabarPortuguese
  • закончиться, кончаться, кончиться, заканчиваться, иссякнуть, иссякатьRussian
  • понестати, ponestatiSerbo-Croatian
  • slut, gå ut, förfallaSwedish

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