verb
- Become used up; be exhausted.
- usage: "Our supplies finally ran out"
- Flow off gradually.
- usage: "The rain water drains into this big vat"
- synonyms: drain
- Leave suddenly and as if in a hurry.
- usage: "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"; "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out"
- synonyms: run off, bolt, bolt out, beetle off
- Lose validity.
- usage: "My passports expired last month"
- synonyms: expire
- Flow, run or fall out and become lost.
- usage: "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table"
- synonyms: spill
- Exhaust the supply of.
- usage: "We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting"
- Prove insufficient.
- usage: "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"
- Use up all one's strength and energy and stop working.
- usage: "At the end of the march, I pooped out"
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