phrasal verb: run out (of)

Run out (of) means to have used up and have nothing left. In Spanish one might say ‘quedarse sin’ or ‘agotarse’.

e.g. We have run out of coffee. We had better go to the supermarket and buy some.

The car stopped because he had run out of petrol.

Related Posts

Culture war

Unfortunately, we are living in a polarised society and culture wars are becoming more acute. Oxford Dictionaries have a blog

Read More