单词 | to run out of |
释义 | > as lemmasto run out of —— to run out of —— 1. intransitive. a. Originally: to run through or squander (one's estate, fortune, money, etc.). Later usually without implication of profligacy or deliberate extravagance: to come to the end of (one's money, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > squander [verb (transitive)] forspendc893 scatter1154 dispend1303 waste1340 misspendc1390 miswastec1400 consumec1425 waste1474 profund1527 lasha1535 prodige1538 lavish1542 to play away1562 riot1566 embezzle1578 dilapidate1590 squander1593 confound1598 to make ducks and drakes of or withc1600 prodigalize1611 profuse1611 squander1611 paddle1616 bezzle1617 to run out of ——1622 to piss away1628 prodigal1628 decoct1629 to bangle (away)1632 debauch1632 deboise1632 to fribble away1633 to fool out1635 to run outa1640 to fiddle away1667 slattera1681 dissipate1682 to play off1693 duck-and-drake1700 liquidate1702 sparkle away1703 waster1821 befool1861 to frivol away1866 to play (at) duck and drake with1872 to fling away1873 mislive1887 slather1904 mucker1928 profligate1938 peter1956 spaff2002 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. i. vii. 62 They should not bee such lauish and prodigall spenders, as to ruine themselues..by taking Post-horses, as it were to runne out of their estates. 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. ii. ix. 187 If I should chance to lose, and runne out of my moneys. 1641 H. Peacham Worth of Peny 13 Many run out of great estates, and have undone themselves by over-sumptuous building. 1710 Tatler No. 221. ⁋2 Having excused himself for running out of his Estate. 1713 Guardian 22 Aug. 2/2 When we had run out of our Mony, we had no living Soul to befriend us. 1747 S. Fielding Familiar Lett. David Simple I. 137 This Gentleman had run out of a good Fortune when young. 1800 R. Bisset Douglas III. ii. 43 I'd run out of money, by having to pay an hundred pounds damages to a friend of mine for his wife. 1808 Sketches of Character III. vii. 226 He has been very wild..and has run out of a large fortune. 1887 Overland Monthly Mar. 283/1 Jack and his comrade had, by this time, run out of their money. 1924 C. Connolly Let. 21 Sept. in Romantic Friendship (1975) 13 I have run out of money and have to spend three nights Third in the train. 1996 T. Wainscott Dreams of You xii. 193 You know that brother of yours was always an idiot with money... Can you believe he's run out of the entire inheritance? 2009 New Yorker 13 Apr. 84/1 His parents run out of money and pull the plug on him. b. gen. To come to the end of the available supply of (something); to exhaust, have no more of. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > not have [verb (transitive)] > lack > run out of to run out of ——1751 to run short1753 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > using up, expending, or consuming > use up, expend, or consume [verb (transitive)] > exhaust one's supply of something to run out of ——1751 1751 J. Edwards Let. in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1809) 1st Ser. X. 151 It happens from time to time, that the Mohawks, and their instructors are run out of provisions, and have nothing to eat. 1838 J. Logan Notes Journey through Canada iv. 101 A steamer.., on its route from Chicago to Buffalo, had run out of wood. 1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia V. xix. ix. 627 In the end, he must run out of men. 1893 Scribner's Mag. Feb. 259/2 The British ran out of ammunition. 1929 D. G. Mackail How Amusing! 244 He had run out of tobacco the night before. 1966 New Statesman 14 Oct. 546/2 There was a popular line about the Tories running into Europe because they had run out of ideas. 1973 J. Porter It's Murder with Dover viii. 71 Do you mind just hanging on for a second, sir? I've-er-run out of cigarettes. 1990 J. Fane Best Friends 13 [He] bought so many young painters' pictures that he ran out of walls to hang them on. 2009 Wall St. Jrnl. 2 June a6/1 Canadian pilots safely glide-landed another Airbus A330 in the Azores after it ran out of fuel high over the Atlantic. c. to run out of steam (in later use also to run out of gas, etc.): (of a person) to exhaust one's energy, impetus, ideas, etc.; similarly of a process, movement, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > become weary or exhausted [verb (intransitive)] > exhaust one's strength or energy to break one's back or necka1616 to melt one's grease1645 break1726 to run out of steam1836 to overdo it1853 to peg out1887 1836 J. C. Newman Harmonies of Creation p. xiv Whenever I hear a politician boasting of what he has achieved, and flattering the people with what he intends to do,..I am sure to say to myself—‘Quick promisers are generally very slow performers’—Poor man, you will surely run out of steam! 1907 ‘W. Standish’ Jack Lorimer's Champions xi. 99 Roxbridge [sc. a rowing team] had shot her bolt..and was running out of steam. In the next fifty yards Millvale lapped her. 1924 N.Y. Times 8 Aug. 8/3 At that point [in the game] the Indian offensive ran out of steam. 1954 Jet 8 Apr. 53 Chicago's Du Sable High School basketball team..ran out of gas in its fight for the Illinois state championship. 1973 D. Francis Slay-ride vii. 78 When I'd run out of steam, they would begin to nod while they listened. 1985 San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 29 Sept. (Entertainment section) Will the rock musician run out of juice? When will Brandon Tartikoff give up? 2003 Foreign Affairs May 69 Even Chile..had run out of steam, averaging barely three percent growth between 1999 and 2002. d. to run out of road: (of a car, driver, etc.) to be unable to avoid passing beyond the end or edge of the roadway (typically through failing to brake sufficiently or to turn into a bend). Also figurative. Similarly to run out of track, etc. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > vehicular traffic > [verb (intransitive)] > suffer an accident > specific type jackknife1886 to run out of road1922 pile1942 underrun1972 1922 Clearfield (Pa.) Progress 28 Aug. 1/4 When the driver of the Ford attempted to get around another car ahead of him he ran out of road, and the fast travelling Henry toppled down over the bank. 1948 Palm Beach (Florida) Post 26 Jan. 12/4 He was parked in a roadway directly in front of the locomotive when it ran out of track and plowed through steel bumpers. 1953 Pop. Mech. Apr. 242/2 Ask Mr. Graves how many 327-cubic-inch Packards have run out of road trying to chase a little..MG through a few good corners. 1970 Listener 19 Nov. 710/3 The real-life situation of the superstar simply running out of road gives the work a clearly recognisable integrity of plot. 1975 I. S. Black Man on Bridge xii. 170 Munro..drove till he ran out of track. 2006 Lynn News & Advertiser (Nexis) 13 June The team ran out of road on a tight downhill right hand bend. 2. transitive. To cause to run out of something. Frequently reflexive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > using up, expending, or consuming > use up, expend, or consume [verb (transitive)] > exhaust (oneself) of something to run out of ——a1652 a1652 R. Brome Mad Couple Well Match'd iii. sig. E6v, in Five New Playes (1653) I see no remedy, unlesse I run my selfe out of credit, defie the life of a Cittizen, and turn Courtly too. 1658 H. Edmundson Fellow-traveller through City & Countrey (new ed.) 84 The debtor runs on borrowing till he run himself out of all. 1695 W. Congreve Love for Love v. i. 78 A pox on't, his Wit run him out of his Money, and now his Poverty has run him out of his Wits. 1719 C. Johnson Masquerade ii. ii. 23 Sir George. And what do you propose by this? Mr. Ombre. To run her out of all her Money and Credit. 1845 B. Taylor Let. 14 Nov. in Life & Lett. (1884) I. iii. 61 We have run him out of money once, and before he could get more from Leghorn he had to borrow himself. 1859 E. F. Allston Let. 12 Sept. in L. P. Towles World turned Upside Down (1996) 247 I don't think that either of them regret going much, for Tom seems to have run himself out of amusements. 1889 A. E. Barr Feet of Clay iii. 45 You have run yourself out of threats, you have not one left that I fear. 1913 Philistine Nov. 183 The Woozy One will soon run himself out of kerosene. And then it is up to the clerk to tow him gently in. 1985 New Yorker 8 July 44/2 [It] could keep a corporation the size of Ben & Jerry's Homemade in court long enough to run it out of money. 2001 R. M. Brown Alma Mater (2002) xxviii. 173 Dad's run us flat out of money. I can't walk off and leave Mom. < as lemmas |
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