To run out Meaning, Definition & Usage

Definitions

1. . (a) To come to an end; to expire; as, the lease runs out Michaelmas. (b) To extend; to spread . "Insectile animals . . . run all out into legs." Hammond. (c) To expatiate; as, to run out into beautiful digressions. (d) To be wasted or exhausted; to become poor; to become extinct; as, an estate managed without economy will soon run out.

   And had her stock been less, no doubt She must have long ago run out. Dryden.

Definitions

1. . (a) To thrust or push out; to extend. (b) To waste; to exhaust; as, to run out an estate . (c) (Baseball) To put out while running between two bases.