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running short

running short is the present participle and gerund of run short.

Meaning of run short

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?
  2. To be nearly used up or consumed.
    • Patience is running short.

Questions about running short

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

Words near running short in the dictionary

  1. running serviceberry
  2. running shed
  3. running sheds
  4. running shoe
  5. running shoes
  6. running short
  7. running someone off their feet
  8. running someone ragged
  9. running someone's file
  10. running something up the flagpole
  11. running sore

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