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Definition of Run low
1. Verb. To be spent or finished. "Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Run Low
Literary usage of Run low
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1887)
"... universally throughout the whole world, it is an infallible evidence of the
riches of that country ; and wherever wages for labour run low, ..."
2. An Excursion to California Over the Prairie, Rocky Mountains, and Great by William Kelly (1851)
"... Gold Creek—Richness of the Diggings there— Change of Weather—Indian
Attack—Provisions run low—Continued bad Weather—Indian Tradition about the Weather—A ..."
3. Autobiography, Reminiscences and Letters of John Trumbull, from 1756 to 1841 by John Trumbull (1841)
"... six by nine feet—While on the Declaration of Independence, slight attack of
cholera—Recover and go on—Funds run low—Many pictures unsold, ..."
4. Football Days: Memories of the Game and of the Men Behind the Ball by William Hanford Edwards (1916)
"Brown's particular pet phrase in urging his men was, 'run low.' So that he,
whenever the half-back received the ball, would immediately start to holler, ..."
5. Football Days: Memories of the Game and of the Men Behind the Ball by William Hanford Edwards (1916)
"As you recall, the cry, 'Tackle low and run low,' was continuously called after
the teams in those days. Brown's particular pet phrase in urging his men was ..."
6. The Club: Or, A Grey Cap for a Green Head. Containing Maxims, Advice by James Puckle, Austin Dobson (1900)
"... so as to run high or low at pleasure. 7 Dice with their edges polished off,
so as to make them run high. ' Ditto so as to make them run low. ..."
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