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run out of road

run out of road verb: synonym of run out of steam.

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of run out of steam.
    • With No 10 in disarray, Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, has called for a general election regardless of whether Truss stays or goes, saying the government has “completely run out of road”.2022 October 14, Keir Starmer, quotee, “Truss premiership ‘hanging by thread’ after Kwarteng sacking and latest U-turn”, in The Guardian

Synonyms of run out of road

Forms of run out of road

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

Questions about run out of road

What does run out of road mean?
Run out of road means synonym of run out of steam.
What part of speech is run out of road?
Run out of road is a verb.
What is the past tense of run out of road?
The past tense of run out of road is ran out of road.

Words near run out of road in the dictionary

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

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