Run out
WordNet
verb
(1) Use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
"At the end of the march, I pooped out"
(2) Prove insufficient
"The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"
(3) Exhaust the supply of
"We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting"
(4) 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"
(5) Flow, run or fall out and become lost
"The milk spilled across the floor"
"The wine spilled onto the table"
(6) Flow off gradually
"The rain water drains into this big vat"
(7) Lose validity
"My passports expired last month"
WiktionaryText
Verb
- To use up; to consume all of something.
- If this hot weather continues, we will run out of ice cream.
- To get a batsman out via a run out (see above); or, to be got out in this way.
- Of a legal right, to expire, to terminate.
- My driving licence runs out next week, so I had better renew it now.
- The option will run out next week and I can't get it extended.
- To extend a piece of material, or clothing.
- If I run out these curtains, they will fit the windows in the drawing room.