run out on
IdiomsExample Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
With government funding set to run out on Jan. 30, our elected officials in Congress should be motivated to avoid another shutdown.
From Salon • Jan. 19, 2026
Hochman also blasted that move, noting the statue of limitations for manslaughter had run out on the case and said he believed a murder filing was unwarranted.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2024
He should have been run out on 20 and overturned being given leg-before on 24 before he edged Noman on 27.
From BBC • Oct. 16, 2024
“I’d run out on the field with a bucket of water for kids to mop their brows,” Mr. Newcomb later told the Oregonian newspaper.
From Washington Post • Apr. 12, 2023
“They must of drove it ’til the gas run out on ’em,” said the sergeant.
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
