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ran out of gas

ran out of gas is the simple past of run out of gas.

Meaning of run out of gas

Verb

run out of gas (third-person singular simple present runs out of gas, present participle running out of gas, simple past ran out of gas, past participle run out of gas)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To become exhausted.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run out, out of, gas.

Questions about ran out of gas

What is ran out of gas the simple past of?
Ran out of gas is the simple past of run out of gas.

Words near ran out of gas in the dictionary

  1. ran one's face
  2. ran one's mouth
  3. ran one's mouth off
  4. ran one's name
  5. ran out
  6. ran out of gas
  7. ran out of road
  8. ran out of steam
  9. ran out of town
  10. ran out on
  11. ran out the clock

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