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| out |
If you have run out of milk, it means that you have no more milk now. If a car has run out of gas, it has used all its gas and it cannot go any further. [1/14 definitions] |
| pace1 |
When you pace yourself, you use your energy carefully in order to make sure that you will have enough energy to finish what you are doing. You don't want to use too much energy in the beginning and then run out toward the end. [1/5 definitions] |
| run out |
If you have run out of something, there isn't any more of it even though you still need it. You have been using it, and now you discover that it is all gone. [1/2 definitions] |
| wind1 |
If you run out of wind, it means that you run out of breath, like when you have been running hard. [1/3 definitions] |
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