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run out

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1. run out - Noun

2. run out - Verb

3. run out - Phrase

Meaning

leave suddenly and as if in a hurry

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

flow off gradually

lose validity

prove insufficient

become used up; be exhausted

exhaust the supply of

flow, run or fall out and become lost

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He who postpones the hour of living is like the rustic who waits for the river to run out before he crosses. Horace

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods. W. H. Auden

The dreadful truth is that when people come to see their MP, they have run out of better ideas. Boris Johnson

Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people's money. It's quite a characteristic of them. Margaret Thatcher

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money. Margaret Thatcher

The nightingale will run out of songs before a woman runs out of conversation. Spanish Proverb

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