Meaning

11 senses
  1. (idiomatic, intransitive, transitive)To use up or consume all

    Get some more beer out of the fridge before we run out.

    If this hot weather continues, we will run out of ice cream.

    ausgehen

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

  2. (intransitive)To expire; to come to an end.

    My driving licence runs out next week, so I had better renew it now.

    The option will run out next week and I can't get it extended.

    ablaufen

    зака́нчиватьсяzakánčivatʹsja, зако́нчитьсяzakónčitʹsja, конча́тьсяkončátʹsja

    закі́нчуватисяzakínčuvatysja, закінчи́тисяzakinčýtysja, виче́рпуватисяvyčérpuvatysja

  3. To expire; to come to an end.

    (intransitive)To be completely used up or consumed.

    Time is running out.

    Oh no! The wine has run out!

    ausgehen

    become used up; be exhausted

  4. (intransitive)To continue a streak or string.

    After that series of confidence-giving wins, I think the team is going to run out their streak.

  5. To get a batsman out (dismissed from play) via a runout.

    Jackson was run out for a duck in the first over.

  6. (transitive)To extend a piece of material, or clothing.

    If I run out these curtains, they will fit the windows in the drawing room.

  7. (intransitive)To conclude in, to end up.

  8. To force (someone or something) out of a location or state of being.

    If the mob thinks you did it, they'll run you out of town.

    They'll run us out of business doing that!

  9. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, out.

    Near-synonyms: see Thesaurus:leave

    She ran out of the room in tears.

    flow, run or fall out and become lost

  10. (archaic)To grow poor over time by spending all of one's money.

  11. (obsolete)To fill a line with quadrats or full points.

Examples

978 sentences
  1. We have run out of cream.

    У нас закінчилися вершки.

    deUns ist die Sahne ausgegangen.

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  2. We have run out of gas.

    У нас закінчився бензин.

    ruУ нас кончился бензин.

    deUns ist das Benzin ausgegangen.

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  3. People ran out of the castle.

    Люди вибігли з замку.

    deMenschen rannten aus dem Schloss.

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  4. I ran out of the house.

    Я вибіг із будинку.

    ruЯ выбежал из дома.

    deIch lief aus dem Haus.

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  5. Tom knows time is running out.

    Том знає, що час спливає.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to expire, to come to an end:
Русский
By meaning 1
to expire, to come to an end:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to use up:
to expire, to come to an end:

Forms

runs out, running out, ran out, run out
Base formrun out · to run out
3rd person singularruns out
Present participlerunning out
Past simpleran out
Past participlerun out

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrun out
he, she, itruns out

Past simpleLesson

all personsran out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave run out
he, she, ithas run out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill run out

Phrasal verbs

16 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

55 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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