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run short

run short verb: to have used up or consumed the majority (of something), so that little remains.

Verb

run short (third-person singular simple present runs short, present participle running short, simple past ran short, past participle run short)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To have used up or consumed the majority (of something), so that little remains.
    • How much ice cream is left? Are we running short?
    • We're running short of wine. Could you fetch some more, please?
  2. To be nearly used up or consumed.
    • Patience is running short.

run short meaning in Kannada

run short in Kannada

ಕಡಮೆಯಾಗು, ಸಾಕಾಗದಿರು, ಕೊರತೆಯಾಗು

Forms of run short

third-person singular presentruns short
present participlerunning short
pastran short
past participlerun short

Questions about run short

What does run short mean?
Run short means to have used up or consumed the majority (of something), so that little remains.
What is run short in Kannada?
Run short in Kannada is ಕಡಮೆಯಾಗು, ಸಾಕಾಗದಿರು, ಕೊರತೆಯಾಗು. See Run short meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is run short?
Run short is a verb.
What is the past tense of run short?
The past tense of run short is ran short.

Words near run short in the dictionary

  1. run round in circles
  2. run scared
  3. run sheep run
  4. run sheet
  5. run sheets
  6. run short
  7. run someone off their feet
  8. run someone ragged
  9. run someone's file
  10. run something up the flagpole
  11. run tee

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Adapted from Wiktionary: run short (page history and authors); run short (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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