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Definition of Run short
1. Verb. To be spent or finished. "Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Run Short
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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