run out synonyms

run out

v.

  1. To be used up

    give out, dry up, fail, be exhausted, peter out*; see also waste 3.

  2. To stop

    expire, finish, end; see stop 2.

  3. To become exhausted

    weaken, wear out, run out of gas*; see tire 1.

  4. To go away

    go, depart, desert, run away; see abandon 2, escape, leave 1.

  5. To pour out

    flow, empty, leak; see drain 3.

  6. To pass

    elapse, slip by, glide; see pass 2.

  7. To remove physically

    drive out, expel, throw out; see eject 1.

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