1.
If you run out of something, you have no more of it left.
They have run out of ideas...
We had lots before but now we’ve run out.
to run out of steam: see steam
PHRASAL VERB : V P of n , V P
2.
If something runs out , it becomes used up so that there is no more left.
Conditions are getting worse and supplies are running out...
PHRASAL VERB : V P
3.
When a legal document runs out , it stops being valid.
When the lease ran out the family moved to Campigny.
= expire
PHRASAL VERB : V P