run out
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(verb) become used up; be exhausted; "Our supplies finally ran out" |
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(verb) exhaust the supply of; "We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting" |
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Related Words: consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out |
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(verb) lose validity; "My passports expired last month" |
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Synonyms: expire |
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Related Words: discontinue |
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(verb) prove insufficient; "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought" |
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Synonyms: fail, give out |
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(verb) flow, run, or fall out, over, or off and become wasted or lost; "The wine spilled onto the table" |
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Synonyms: spill |
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Related Words: brim over, course, flow, overflow, overrun, run, run over, well over |
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(verb) leave suddenly and as if in a hurry; "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"; "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out" |
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Synonyms: bolt, bolt out, run off |
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Related Words: go away, go forth, leave |
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(verb) flow off gradually; "The rain water drains into this big vat" |
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Synonyms: drain |
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Related Words: course, flow, run |
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(verb) use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out" |
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Synonyms: conk out, peter out, poop out, run down |
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Related Words: fatigue, jade, pall, tire, weary |
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