RUN OUT OF Definition & Meaning

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Idioms and Phrases

Exhaust a supply or quantity of, as in We're about to run out of coffee and sugar . This expression, dating from about 1700, can be used both literally and figuratively. Thus run out of gas may mean one no longer has any fuel, but it has also acquired the figurative sense of exhausting a supply of energy, enthusiasm, or support, and hence causing some activity to come to a halt. For example, After running ten laps I ran out of gas and had to rest to catch my breath , or The economic recovery seems to have run out of gas . On the other hand, run out of steam , originally alluding to a steam engine, today is used only figuratively to indicate a depletion of energy of any kind.

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Finished seventh in 2024 when appeared to run out of steam.

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Rescue volunteers who were forced to dig through the rubble with their bare hands have run out of body bags for those they couldn't save.

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By no means do they make up the bulk of the trust funds’ revenues, but, by one estimate, one of the funds would run out of money a full year earlier without these revenues.

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And when the trust funds run out of money, 81 million retirees, people with disabilities, and their families will only receive a fraction of what they are owed unless the president and Congress figure out a way to make up the difference.

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It’s true that we’ve long known that under current policy, the trust funds are slated to run out of money in a decade.

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