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Run out meaning

Run out is a phrasal verb with 4 meanings. One of them is to have used your whole supply of something.

Past simple
ran out
Past participle
run out
-ing form
running out

What run out means

use it allB1

To have used your whole supply of something

We ran out halfway through the job.

3 more meanings of run out are in the Retite app, each with an example and a translation into your language.

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Similar phrasal verbs

With run: run over, run out of, run away.

With out: go out, find out, sort out, take out, get out, hand out, check out, look out, ask out, carry out.

Common questions

What does run out mean?

It has 4 meanings. One of them is to have used your whole supply of something. The other 3, each with an example and a translation into your language, are in the Retite app.

What is the past tense of run out?

Ran out. The past participle is run out.

Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.

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