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[ verb ] become used up; be exhausted
Examples "Our supplies finally ran out" Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)But time is running_out , and many_of Stravinsky 's admirers begin to fear that he will never find terra_firma . (Joseph Chadwick, No Land Is Free....)Red_Hogan 's patience ran_out . Related terms |
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[ verb ] flow off gradually
Synonyms Examples "The rain water drains into this big vat" Used in print (Donald J. Plantz, Sweeney Squadron....)Finally , as time began to run_out , he headed into Ormoc and glide-bombed a group of houses that Intelligence had thought might contain Japanese supplies . (Jesse Hill Ford, Mountains of Gilead....)So you sit in the car and listen to the air run_out and listen to the rain and see the mud in_front_of the headlights , waiting for you , for your new spectator_pumps , waiting for you to squat by yourself out there in your tight skirt , crying and afraid and trying to get that damned son-of-a-bitch tire off , because that is being an old_maid too , if you happen to drive a car , it is changing the tire yourself in the night , and in the mud and the rain , hating to get out in it but afraid to stay and afraid to try to walk out for help . |
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[ verb ] leave suddenly and as if in a hurry
Synonyms Examples "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas" "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out" Used in print (David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)`` I'm mad '' , shouted Payne , as he ran_out into the hall . Related terms |
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[ verb ] lose validity
Synonyms Examples "My passports expired last month" Used in print (Ann Ritner, Seize a Nettle....)She did n't want to be the only one with a stove in her room , especially as her life span was nearly run_out anyway , and she insisted that Hope have the heater . Related terms |
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[ verb ] exhaust the supply of
Examples "We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting" Related terms |
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