Examples of 'run short' in a sentence
Meaning of "run short"
run short: This phrase means to exhaust the supply of something, usually referring to a shortage of resources or time
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- To have used up or consumed the majority (of something), so that little remains.
- To be nearly used up or consumed.
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We will run short of oil some day.
And also the suspects run short.
Málaga began to run short of food supplies.
I have to replace them when we run short.
See me when you run short of money.
Banks run short of reserves all the time.
America never can run short of dollars.
Run short distances without falling.
So you will never run short on projects.
Police will carry injured if ambulances run short.
We would run short of food and ammunition.
Are disorganised and occasionally run short of money.
We are going to run short on ammo if this carries on much longer.
At this rate we will soon run short of them.
We will run short fiction and shorter recipes.
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I thought you would run short.
Tom has run short of money.
All the fellows do it when they run short.
You will not run short of options.
It is better to have a little extra than to run short.
I seem to have run short of cigarettes.
This way you will not run short.
You will never run short of time again.
I have got a few bucks if you ever run short.
He has to run short of fuel sometime.
They must have run short.
We all run short on cash sometimes.
It has been known to run short of food.
Tokyo will run short of water again this summer.
I was also beginning to run short of energy.
It can not run short of its own sovereign currency.
There are areas that may run short of water.
I have run short of money.
Some national committees also run short programs.
We have run short of money.
We do not like to run short.
We have run short of food.
I do not want us to run short.
We have run short of oil.
We are even considering taxing exports because we are beginning to run short.
But they will soon run short of powder.
You run short of the stuff that creates beautiful illusions.
Be sure to keep your run short and easy.
I run short of money every month after paying for my own expenses.
And they were starting to run short on food.
Then we run short of brains.
And quivers that would never run short of arrows.
People run short of water.
Production processes using it will not run short of materials.
I always run short of money.
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