Definition of Run short

1. Verb. To be spent or finished. "Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest"

Exact synonyms: Go, Run Low
Related verbs: Go
Generic synonyms: Cease, End, Finish, Stop, Terminate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Run Short

run out
run out of steam
run out on
run out the clock
run outs
run over
run o’ the mill
run rampant
run rate
run rings around
run rings round
run riot
run roughshod
run roughshod over
run scared
run short (current term)
run somebody ragged
run someone through
run something by
run something past
run something up the flagpole
run tee
run the clock down
run the gamut
run the gauntlet
run through
run time
run times
run to
run up

Literary usage of Run short

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1886)
"From these beams run short supports to the horizontal rafters above. The roof, if it be of tile or thatch, represents a massive weight— the tiles being ..."

2. Seasons with the Sea-horses; Or, Sporting Adventures in the Northern Seas by James Lamont (1861)
"Supplies run short. — Meet the Yacht. — Their bad Success in Sport. — Novel Bullet-mould—Geological Specimens.—Part Company again. ..."

3. Eight Months in an Ox-waggon: Reminiscences of Boer Life by Edward F. Sandeman (1880)
"Provisions run short—The last Buffalo—No Water—Thirst— Tongas—The Waggons ... had not run short of meat, which would prevent their becoming discontented. ..."

4. Somaliland: Being an Account of Two Expeditions Into the Far Interior by Charles Victor Alexander Peel (1900)
"... race against death—Saved in the nick of time—We run short of provisions—Lesser koodoo. NEXT morning we reached El Dara again, where, ..."

5. Somaliland: Being an Account of Two Expeditions Into the Far Interior by Charles Victor Alexander Peel (1900)
"... natives—Across the waterless desert—We lose the road—A race against death—Saved in the nick of time—We run short of provisions—Lesser koodoo. ..."

6. China and Japan: Being a Narrative of the Cruise of the U.S. Steam-frigate by James D. Johnston (1860)
"... of an excursion to Longwood — Napoleon's Tomb — Sail for Cape Town — Collision with a Dutch ship — run short of coal — Dangerous situation — Table Bay. ..."

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