run out of gas

verb

To become exhausted.

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Meanings

verbrun out of gas (third-person singular simple present runs out of gas, present participle running out of gas, simple past ran out of gas, past participle run out of gas)

present singular third person runs out of gas · participle present running out of gas · past ran out of gas

  1. informalintransitiveTo become exhausted.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run out, out of, gas.
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