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Phrase(s): run out of some place
to leave a place quickly, on foot; to flee a place. • He ran out of the room as fast as he could. • We ran out of the building as soon as we felt the first signs of the earthquake., Phrase(s): run something out of something [and] run something out
to drive or steer something out of something or some place. • The cowboys ran the cattle out of the corral. • They ran out the cattle., Phrase(s): run someone or something out of something [and] run someone or something out
to chase someone or something out of something or some place. • The old man ran the kids out of his orchard. • He ran out the kids.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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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.
American Heritage Idioms