RUN OUT (OF)
1. To run out of something is to use all of it so that there is nothing left.
Examples of use:
- I've run out of bread.
- We can't have coffee this morning because we've run out of milk.
- I ran out of petrol on my way to work this morning.
- News headline: Fresh water supplies are going to run out
- We’re running out of orange juice. I’ll buy some more today.
| infinitive | run out of |
| present simple | run out of and runs out of |
| -ing form | running out of |
| past simple | ran out of |
| past participle | run out of |