run-out
noun
the act of evading a jump or jumping outside of the limiting markers.
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run-out
American
[ruhn-out]
/ ˈrʌnˌaʊt /
noun
Manège.
run out
British
verb
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to exhaust (a supply of something) or (of a supply) to become exhausted
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(intr) to expire; become no longer valid
my passport has run out
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informal to desert or abandon
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(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
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cricket dismissal of a batsman by running him out
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mechanical engineering an imperfection of a rotating component so that not all parts revolve about their intended axes relative to each other
run out
Idioms
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Become used up or exhausted, as in Our supplies have run out . [Late 1600s]
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Compel to leave; see run off , def. 5.
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Become void, expire, as in Our renter's insurance ran out last month . [c. 1300] Also see run out of ; run out on .
Etymology
Origin of run-out
First recorded in 1865–70; noun use of verb phrase run out
Example Sentences
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Run out the clock in the million ways that we have learned that the clock can be run out.
From Slate • Dec. 26, 2025
She was like, ‘Who is he? Run out of the train. Go out. Run. I’m going to get …’ I was like, ‘No, no, it’s OK.’
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2023
Run out of a suburban office park near Salt Lake City, with a view of the Wasatch mountains, the 30-person appeals company has filed thousands of wilderness therapy insurance appeals since 2015.
From Salon • Feb. 2, 2020
Run out of a disused taverna and former doctors’ surgery, the school is one of the few bright lights on an island whose fault lines are otherwise worsening by the day.
From The Guardian • Apr. 28, 2017
Run out the back!—but couldn’t force the words.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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