Run Short (Verb)
Meaning
To be spent or finished; "The money had gone after a few days"; "Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest".
Classification
Verbs of eating and drinking.
Examples
- Our funds will run short during the festival season if we keep spending at this rate.
- The hospital's supply of oxygen is running short due to a problem with the shipping company.
- The organizers had not anticipated that the food would run short so quickly at the charity event.
- Our grocery stores are running short of fresh produce because of the prolonged drought.
- The manufacturer expects their new phone model to run short of batteries soon due to high demand.