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running out of gas

running out of gas is the present participle and gerund 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 running out of gas

What is running out of gas the present participle and gerund of?
Running out of gas is the present participle and gerund of run out of gas.

Words near running out of gas in the dictionary

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

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