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run out of gas

run out of gas verb: to become exhausted.

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.

Forms of run out of gas

third-person singular presentruns out of gas
present participlerunning out of gas
pastran out of gas
past participlerun out of gas

Questions about run out of gas

What does run out of gas mean?
Run out of gas means to become exhausted.
What part of speech is run out of gas?
Run out of gas is a verb.
What is the past tense of run out of gas?
The past tense of run out of gas is ran out of gas.

Words near run out of gas in the dictionary

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

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