- run out
- phrasal verb
Word forms "run out":
present tense I/you/we/they run out he/she/it runs out present participle running out past tense ran out past participle run out1) [intransitive] to use all of something and not have any leftrun out of:Many hospitals are running out of money.
2) [intransitive] if something runs out, you do not have any more of it leftThey returned home from South Africa when their money ran out.
3) [intransitive] if time is running out, you do not have long to do something4) [intransitive] if a pen runs out, it has no more ink left in it5) [intransitive] if an official agreement or document runs out, it stops being legal at a certain dateMy contract runs out next July.
When does your passport run out?
6) [transitive] if someone is run out in cricket, they have to stop hitting the ball and leave the field because the other team hits one set of stumps (= sticks) with the ball before they can reach it7) run someone out of townold-fashioned to make a criminal or a person who you do not like leave a town
English dictionary. 2014.