run short

Idioms and Phrases

Use something up so that a supply runs out or becomes insufficient, as in We ran short of envelopes , or The organization is running short of money . [Mid-1700s]

Example Sentences

How does a country—an entire country of 28 million people—run short of toilet paper?

From The Daily Beast

Whether the defenders had run short of bullets or courage, I did not know.

From The Daily Beast

Matt and Meredith had pawned her off on Natalie Morales and the segment had run short.

From The Daily Beast

So the days flew by, and the time came when sugar—the seaman's luxury in winter—began to run short.

From Project Gutenberg

Provisions began to run short, and it became necessary to fight even for the free passage of cows out of Lecale.

From Project Gutenberg

Fibers which enter the fibrous mass from cells and run short distances up and down.

From Project Gutenberg

At the bottom are six sacks of corn, for it may be that forage will run short.

From Project Gutenberg

This is a common practice among the Indians, particularly when they have run short of gunpowder.

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