run short

Use something up so that a supply runs out or becomes insufficient, as in We ran short of envelopes, or The organization is running short of money. [Mid-1700s]

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Crawley set the tone, helping them race to 49 without loss by the end of the powerplay, before falling just one run short of a fifty.

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It had warned its creditors that it could run short of cash by the end of August if its turnaround proposal was not approved.

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Worse would have been to shrug and put the pressure on to inexperienced team-mate Washington Sundar, who stood 20 runs short of a maiden Test century.

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West Indies have shot straight into number two on the lowest scores list, and just one run short of the lowest score mustered by New Zealand against England in Auckland in 1955.

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A June 17 letter signed by Civil Rights Division head Harmeet K. Dhillon and Deputy Assistant Attorney General Gregory W. Brown stated: “Time is running short, and the department’s patience is wearing thin.”