RUN OUT Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

run out

verb

Definition of run out

as in to cast out

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Recent Examples of run out The owners who run out of options are the ones who confuse selling more with being financially prepared. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026 In mid-August, CNN became the first media outlet to be given access to a Patriot system on Ukrainian territory, and at the time Ukrainian officials revealed the country had pretty much run out of interceptors. — Victoria Butenko, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026 White dwarfs form when stars with a mass roughly that of the sun run out of fuel and can no longer support themselves against their own gravity, causing their cores to collapse. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 15 Oct. 2026 The Commanders allowed the clock to run out in overtime after getting the ball into field goal range inside the New York 30 without even getting off a kick. — CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for run out

Recent Examples of Synonyms for run out

Verb

Lamashtu said something the patriarch couldn’t abide, and for that she was cast out of polite divine society forever and sent to make chaos among mortals.

— Eleanor Johnson, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Some hoped that labels would confront the culture of misogyny in an ecosystem that critics have long said has gone unchecked and cast out predators among their ranks.

— Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of cast out

Verb

Imagine a congressional coalition formed by kicking out the lawmakers, on either side, who are annoying—the Ted Cruzes and the John Fettermans.

— Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
The goal came some 40 seconds after Blackhawks goalie Spencer Knight kicked out his left pad to foil Neal Pionk's attempt to convert Mark Scheifele's cross-ice pass on a two-on-one break.

— CBS News, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of kick out

Verb

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces a close vote Tuesday, says Iran's leadership must be eliminated.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Its purpose is to help eliminate malignant cells that may remain after surgery, reducing the chance of another tumor taking hold.

— Mike McRae October 25, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of eliminate

Verb

Combined with its co-founders' pledge to donate 80% of their equity and an employee donation matching program, roughly 20% of Anthropic's shares will be dedicated to public purposes, excluding any additional shares added later.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Oct. 2026
Parillo allegedly excluded her from LHS’s management and declared himself the company’s director, president, secretary, and treasurer.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of exclude

Verb

One inning later, Aranda was thrown out trying to swipe second as Simpson struck out on a low slider for an inning-ending double play.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Becerra’s origin story traces back to his youth in Sacramento, and a moment when a high school friend was about to throw out a blank, unused application to Stanford University.

— Ben Wieder, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026