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run-out
[ruhn-out]
noun
the act of evading a jump or jumping outside of the limiting markers.
run out
verb
to exhaust (a supply of something) or (of a supply) to become exhausted
(intr) to expire; become no longer valid
my passport has run out
informal, to desert or abandon
(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
cricket dismissal of a batsman by running him out
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
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 .
Example Sentences
Molineux and Darcie Brown bowled superbly in the powerplay, with the former bowling Suzie Bates in the second over after Georgia Plimmer had been run-out without facing.
After their skipper was dismissed - the Yorkshireman not blameless for the confusion with Jamie Smith that led to his run-out - England lost seven wickets for 21 runs in 7.1 overs to be all out for 131.
Smith capitalised when South Africa bowled too full or offered width but was involved in the Brook run-out when he sent back his captain who was looking for two.
Though Hilton Cartwright hit 42 to boost the score, Sam Curran took three wickets and completed a run-out to wrap up the innings in 98 balls.
After escaping a run-out chance on 22, Root's latest triumph was chanceless.
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