Synonyms for run out
run out

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1. run outverb

   become used up; be exhausted

   "Our supplies finally ran out"

   Synonyms:
   bolt out, beetle off, fail, peter out, poop out, run down, conk out, drain, expire, run off, spill, bolt, give out

2. drain, run outverb

   flow off gradually

   "The rain water drains into this big vat"

   Synonyms:
   bolt, bolt out, give out, fail, peter out, run off, poop out, run down, conk out, drain, beetle off, debilitate, spill, enfeeble, expire

3. run off, run out, bolt, bolt out, beetle offverb

   leave suddenly and as if in a hurry

   "The listeners bolted when he discussed his strange ideas"; "When she started to tell silly stories, I ran out"

   Synonyms:
   beetle off, waste, absquatulate, bolt, decamp, photocopy, chase away, peter out, gobble, run off, poop out, drive out, run down, spill, make off, fail, bolt out, drive off, abscond, expire, conk out, give out, drive away, drain, xerox, dispel, elope, go off, turn back

4. run out, expireverb

   lose validity

   "My passports expired last month"

   Synonyms:
   go, beetle off, conk out, choke, breathe out, bolt, croak, exit, perish, snuff it, pass away, cash in one's chips, run off, poop out, conk, bolt out, run down, drop dead, drain, fail, peter out, die, pop off, buy the farm, give out, give-up the ghost, pass, expire, kick the bucket, spill, decease, exhale

5. spill, run outverb

   flow, run or fall out and become lost

   "The milk spilled across the floor"; "The wine spilled onto the table"

   Synonyms:
   beetle off, conk out, bolt, pour forth, talk, splatter, peter out, run off, disgorge, run down, poop out, drain, fail, bolt out, give out, expire, spill, slop, shed

6. run outverb

   exhaust the supply of

   "We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting"

   Synonyms:
   bolt out, beetle off, fail, peter out, poop out, run down, conk out, drain, expire, run off, spill, bolt, give out

7. fail, run out, give outverb

   prove insufficient

   "The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"

   Synonyms:
   go, beetle off, conk out, give way, fail, flunk, bomb, betray, peter out, break down, poop out, die, bolt, run down, neglect, drain, break, bolt out, flush it, run off, pass out, miscarry, give off, give out, emit, expire, spill, go wrong, distribute, hand out, go bad

8. poop out, peter out, run down, run out, conk outverb

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

   "At the end of the march, I pooped out"

   Synonyms:
   fizzle out, run over, conk out, play out, run off, scan, give way, die, bolt, beetle off, skim, break down, poop out, fizzle, bolt out, run down, break, drain, fail, peter out, exhaust, glance over, check out, rake, give out, sap, expire, spill, go, taper off, go bad, tire

Matched Categories

1. • Discontinue
   • End
   • Exhaust
   • Leave
   • Run
   • Tire

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. run out

   Synonyms:
   [Active.] extend, thrust out, push out

2. run out

   Synonyms:
   waste, exhaust, expend

3. run out

   Synonyms:
   [Neuter.] expire, be at end

4. run out

   Synonyms:
   be wasted, be exhausted

5. run out

   Synonyms:
   spread, expatiate

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1. run out

   Synonyms:
   expire, extend, spread, expatiate, descant, become extinct

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How to use run out in a sentence?

1. Roger Staats:

   You never expect a house across from a fire station to burn down because you run out of the water.

2. Soren Kierkegaard, "The Sickness Unto Death":

   And when the hourglass has run out, the hourglass of temporality, when the noise of secular life has grown silent and its restless or ineffectual activism has come to an end, when everything around you is still, as it is in eternity, then eternity asks you and every individual in these millions and millions about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not.

3. Upul Chandana:

   This is not available in the hospital anymore. Even nearby pharmacies have run out of stock, now, even with money, we can't find the medicine.

4. Mark Tregellas:

   The electricity is slowly coming back but everyone is reliant on generators, and fuel for those is very limited, people have now run out of petrol so most in the town are now riding on bicycles.

5. Yuka Ikemura:

   I've got small children to take care of and we live on the first floor of an old apartment, we brought with us the bare necessities. I'm scared to think about when we will have run out diapers and milk.