run-out

[ruhn-out]

noun

Manège.

1. the act of evading a jump or jumping outside of the limiting markers.

run out

verb

1. to exhaust (a supply of something) or (of a supply) to become exhausted

2. (intr) to expire; become no longer valid

   my passport has run out

3. informal,  to desert or abandon

4. (tr) cricket to dismiss (a running batsman) by breaking the wicket with the ball, or with the ball in the hand, while he is out of his ground

noun

1. cricket dismissal of a batsman by running him out

2. mechanical engineering an imperfection of a rotating component so that not all parts revolve about their intended axes relative to each other

Word History and Origins

Origin of run out¹

First recorded in 1865–70; noun use of verb phrase run out

Idioms and Phrases

Become used up or exhausted, as in Our supplies have run out . [Late 1600s]

Compel to leave; see run off , def. 5.

Become void, expire, as in Our renter's insurance ran out last month . [c. 1300] Also see run out of ; run out on .

Related Words

• depart 
• exhaust 
• expire 
• finish 
• go 
• lose 
• tire 
• waste 
• weaken