run out
run out is the alternative form of runout.
Verb
run out (third-person singular simple present runs out, present participle running out, simple past ran out, past participle run out)
- To use up or consume all
- Get some more beer out of the fridge before we run out.
- If this hot weather continues, we will run out of ice cream.
- To expire; to come to an end.
- My driving licence runs out next week, so I had better renew it now.
- The option will run out next week and I can't get it extended.
- To get a batsman out (dismissed from play) via a runout.
- Jackson was run out for a duck in the first over.
- With three runs needed from two balls, Adil Rashid was run out coming back for a second. When Wood suffered the same fate from the final ball, the match was tied.2019 July 14, Stephan Shemilt, “England win Cricket World Cup: Ben Stokes stars in dramatic finale against New Zealand”, in BBC Sport, London
- To extend a piece of material, or clothing.
- If I run out these curtains, they will fit the windows in the drawing room.
- To conclude in, to end up.
- Tottenham survived a scare as they fought back from 1-0 down to run out comfortable winners against Shamrock Rovers in the Europa League.2011 September 29, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers”, in BBC Sport
- To force (someone or something) out of a location or state of being.
- If the mob thinks you did it, they'll run you out of town.
- They'll run us out of business doing that!
- To grow poor over time by spending all of one's money.
- To fill a line with quadrats or full points.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, out.
- Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:leave
- She ran out of the room in tears.
Meaning of runout
Noun
runout (countable and uncountable, plural runouts)
- Something that has been run out.
- The landslide had a long runout.
- The method of getting out (dismissed from play) in which a batsman, in making a run, has not reached the popping crease when a fielder breaks his wicket with the ball.
- A relatively flat portion at the end of a ski run to slow down, or to connect trails.
- Slowing down at the end of a ski run, skiing on a runout.
- If, as people often say, skiing is like sex, then the run-out that follows a great run—that breezy pole-and-glide along a logging road, stream, or moraine back to the lift, hut, truck, or bar—is the cigarette in bed.2011 September 13, Nick Paumgarten, “Ode to Happy Endings: Celebrating the least appreciated aspect of a great run.”, in Skiing, archived from the original on 10 Dec 2011
- The end portion of the groove of a phonographic record, after the recorded sound.
- A supposed auction employing shill bidders in order to convince legitimate buyers to purchase worthless articles.
- There is a lot of trouble in Petticoat Lane. In fact, the mock auction boys have muscled in to such an extent on the bomb damaged ground that there is a danger that Petticoat Lane may lose its good name by the boys coming in now with the "runouts" to make quick profits and then get out.1953 July 10, Hansard
Synonyms of run out
Forms of run out
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | run outs |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | runs out |
| present participle | running out |
| past | ran out |
| past participle | run out |
Words formed from run out
Questions about run out
Words near run out in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: run out (page history and authors); runout (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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