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running out on

running out on is the present participle and gerund of run out on.

Meaning of run out on

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To leave a partner or commitment suddenly and without prior warning.
    • Vinton's former wife, Mitzi, ran out on him. Naomi had four previous marriages, to Tom, Bill, Leonard and George.2011, Vincent Terrace, Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 Through 2010, 2d Ed., Volume 3, page 648
  2. (idiomatic) To leave a restaurant without paying the bill; to dine and dash.
    • I saw him run out on the check at an Applebee's.

Questions about running out on

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

Words near running out on in the dictionary

  1. running out
  2. running out of gas
  3. running out of road
  4. running out of steam
  5. running out of town
  6. running out on
  7. running out the clock
  8. running over
  9. running past
  10. running point
  11. running powers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: running out on (page history and authors); run out on (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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