run out of

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to use up or exhaust an available supply of something.

   Phrasal-prepositional verb · Inseparable

   run out of something

   Usage: Keep run out of together. Put the thing whose supply is exhausted after of: run out of it.

   We have run out of milk — could you pick some up on the way home?

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   We have run out of milk — could you pick some up on the way home?

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