RUN OUT


Meaning of RUN OUT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ verb ]

Date: 14th century

intransitive verb

1.

a. : to come to an end : expire

time ran out

b. : to become exhausted or used up

the gasoline ran out

2. : to jut out

transitive verb

1.

a. : to finish out (as a course, series, or contest) : complete

b. of a baseball batter : to run hard to first base after hitting (a batted ball)

ran out the grounder

2.

a. : to fill out (a typeset line) with quads, leaders, or ornaments

b. : to set (as the first line of a paragraph) with a hanging indention

3. : to exhaust (oneself) in running

4. : to cause to leave by force or coercion : expel

- run out of

- run out on

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.