run out

1. 1.

   become used up; be exhausted

   “Our supplies finally ran out”

   Broaderend
2. 2.

   flow off gradually

   “The rain water drains into this big vat”

   Synonymsdrain

   Broaderrun
3. 3.

   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”

   Synonymsrun offboltbolt outbeetle off

   Broaderleave
4. 4.

   lose validity

   “My passports expired last month”

   Synonymsexpire

   Broaderdiscontinue
5. 5.

   flow, run or fall out and become lost

   “The milk spilled across the floor”

   “The wine spilled onto the table”

   Synonymsspill

   Broaderrun

   Narroweroverflow
6. 6.

   exhaust the supply of

   “We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting”

   Broaderconsume
7. 7.

   prove insufficient

   “The water supply for the town failed after a long drought”

   Synonymsfailgive out
8. 8.

   use up all one's strength and energy and stop working

   “At the end of the march, I pooped out”

   Synonymspoop outpeter outrun downconk out

   Broadertire

Questions about run out

What does run out mean?

run out means "become used up; be exhausted". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for run out?

Close synonyms include drain, run off, bolt, bolt out, beetle off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is run out a common word?

run out is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.