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Run out

Noun

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1.NounAlternative form of runout.
2.VerbTo use up or consume all .mw-parser-output .object-usage-tag{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .deprecated{color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-lime-8,olivedrab)}[with of ‘something’ ]
"Get some more beer out of the fridge before we run out.; If this hot weather continues, we will run out of ice cream."
3.VerbTo expire; to come to an end.
"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.; Time is running out.; Oh no! The wine has run out!"
4.VerbTo be completely used up or consumed.
"Time is running out.; Oh no! The wine has run out!"
5.VerbTo get a batsman out (dismissed from play) via a runout.
"Jackson was run out for a duck in the first over."
6.VerbTo extend a piece of material, or clothing.
"If I run out these curtains, they will fit the windows in the drawing room."
7.VerbTo conclude in, to end up.
8.VerbTo force (someone or something) out of a location or state of being.
"If the mob thinks you did it, they'll run you out of town.; They'll run us out of business doing that!"
9.VerbTo grow poor over time by spending all of one's money.
10.VerbTo fill a line with quadrats or full points.
11.VerbUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run,‎ out.
"She ran out of the room in tears."
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