Verb
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use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
"At the end of the march, I pooped out"
- poop out - peter out - run down - conk out -
prove insufficient
"The water supply for the town failed after a long drought"
- give out -
exhaust the supply of
"We ran out of time just as the discussion was getting interesting"
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flow, run or fall out and become lost
"The milk spilled across the floor"
"The wine spilled onto the table"
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lose validity
"My passports expired last month"
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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"
- run off - bolt out - beetle off -
flow off gradually
"The rain water drains into this big vat"
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become used up
be exhausted
"Our supplies finally ran out"