run+out
41run out of steam — ► run out of steam informal lose impetus or enthusiasm. Main Entry: ↑steam …
42run out on somebody — ˌrun ˈout on sb derived (informal) to leave sb that you live with, especially when they need your help Main entry: ↑runderived …
43run out of steam — verb To run out of energy; to run out of motivation. After climbing six flights of stairs she found she had run out of steam and had to sit down …
44run out the clock — noun see clock VII * * * Sports deliberately use as much time as possible in order to preserve one s own team s advantage facing a tie, he decided to run out the clock in the final moments * * * run down/out the ˈclock idiom (US) if a sports team …
45run-out time — The time that will elapse before an item in stock runs out. The concept is essential for scheduling the reordering of a range of goods. The run out time for a product i is defined as: ri = li di, where ri is run out time in weeks, li is units in… …
46run out of gas — in. to lose momentum or interest. □ His program is running out of gas. □ I hope I don’t run out of gas before I finish what I set out to do …
47run out of steam — British, informal, American & Australian, informal to suddenly lose the energy or interest to continue doing what you are doing. She d been talking for two hours and was just starting to run out of steam. I worked really well for two months of… …
48run out of steam — Meaning Run out of energy. Origin Steam engines gradually slow and then stop when the fire that powers the boiler is too low to produce steam …
49run out of steam — (of a male) to be sexually impotent The imagery is of an engine which has exhausted its fuel: ... normal except they ve run out of steam and can t make it with a woman any more. (Hailey, 1979) …
50run out of gas — informal run out of energy; lose momentum …