run out

run out
I
(Roget's IV) v.
1. [To be used up]
Syn. give out, dry up, fail, be exhausted, peter out*; see also waste 3 .
2. [To stop]
Syn. expire, finish, end; see stop 2 .
3. [To become exhausted]
Syn. weaken, wear out, run out of gas*; see tire 1 .
4. [To go away]
Syn. go, depart, desert, run away; see abandon 2 , escape , leave 1 .
5. [To pour out]
Syn. flow, empty, leak; see drain 3 .
6. [To pass]
Syn. elapse, slip by, glide; see pass 2 .
7. [To remove physically]
Syn. drive out, expel, throw out; see eject 1 .
II
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
deplete, expire, exhaust, finish, end, close, stop, dry up.
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To make or become no longer active or productive: deplete, desiccate, dry up, give out, play out. See CONTINUE. 2. To prove deficient or insufficient: fail, give out. Idioms: fall short, run dry, run short. See EXCESS. 3. To become void, especially through passage of time or an omission: expire, lapse. See CONTINUE, LAW. II verb See run.

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