- run short
- not have enough, be not enough in quantity
We ran short of money during our trip to Europe.
Idioms and examples. 2014.
run short
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run short — Ⅰ. run short (of sth) ► to have a low supply of something: »Forecasting is crucial: you don t want to run short or have a warehouse of unsold product. »The online travel site denies that it is running short of cash. Main Entry: ↑run Ⅱ. run short… … Financial and business terms
run short — verb to be spent or finished The money had gone after a few days Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest • Syn: ↑run low, ↑go • Hypernyms: ↑end, ↑stop, ↑finish, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
run short — v. (d; intr.) to run short of (they never run short of money) * * * (d; intr.) to run short of (they never run short of money) … Combinatory dictionary
run short of sth — Ⅰ. run short (of sth) ► to have a low supply of something: »Forecasting is crucial: you don t want to run short or have a warehouse of unsold product. »The online travel site denies that it is running short of cash. Main Entry: ↑run Ⅱ. run short… … Financial and business terms
run short (of something) — phrase used for saying that you have used almost all of a particular thing and there is not much left Supplies were running short as winter came on. The party had just begun and we were already running short of beer. Thesaurus: to use all or a… … Useful english dictionary
run short — {v. phr.} 1. To not have enough. * /Bob asked Jack to lend him five dollars because he was running short./ * /We are running short of sugar./ Compare: RUN OUT. 2. To be not enough in quantity. * /We are out of potatoes and the flour is running… … Dictionary of American idioms
run short — {v. phr.} 1. To not have enough. * /Bob asked Jack to lend him five dollars because he was running short./ * /We are running short of sugar./ Compare: RUN OUT. 2. To be not enough in quantity. * /We are out of potatoes and the flour is running… … Dictionary of American idioms
run\ short — v. phr. 1. To not have enough. Bob asked Jack to lend him five dollars because he was running short. We are running short of sugar. Compare: run out 2. To be not enough in quantity. We are out of potatoes and the flour is running short … Словарь американских идиом
run short — have less than you need, run out First we ran out of coffee. Then we ran short of wine … English idioms
run short of — phrasal : to use up : become lacking in sufficient quantity of we are running short of time to finish the job army ran short of provisions … Useful english dictionary
run short of — phrasal to use up ; run low on … New Collegiate Dictionary
