Word.ws English Dictionary

runs out of steam

runs out of steam is the third-person singular simple present indicative of run out of steam.

Meaning of run out of steam

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To run out of energy or motivation.
    • Near-synonyms: run on fumes, run on empty

Questions about runs out of steam

What is runs out of steam the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Runs out of steam is the third-person singular simple present indicative of run out of steam.

Words near runs out of steam in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: runs out of steam (page history and authors); run out of steam (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “runs out of steam.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/runs_out_of_steam. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.