run out
• (of a supply of something) be used up.
• "our food is about to run out"
Similar:
be used up,
dry up,
be exhausted,
be finished,
give out,
peter out,
fail,
exhaust,
Opposite:
be plentiful,
• (of rope) be paid out.
• "slowly, he let the cables run out"
• extend; project.
• "a row of buildings ran out to Whitehall Gate"
• dismiss a batsman by dislodging the bails with the ball while the batsman is still running between the wickets.
• emerge from a contest in a specified position.
• "the team ran out 4–1 winners"
run-out
noun
• the dismissal of a batsman by being run out.
• "TV assistance for umpires in run-outs and stumpings"
• a short session of play, practice, or participation in sporting competition, especially at the beginning of a season or after a period of absence due to injury.
• "a mid-morning run-out, going over all the moves"
• a slight error in a rotating tool, machine component, etc. such as being off-centre or not exactly round.
• "slight run-out in your drill can make the holes oversized"
• a length of time or stretch of ground over which something gradually ceases or is brought to an end or a halt.
• "the commission recommended abolition after a run-out of ten years"
