| VERB | change | run out | become used up |
|---|---|---|---|
| motion | run out, drain | flow off gradually | |
| motion | run out, run off, bolt, bolt out, beetle off | leave suddenly and as if in a hurry / hurry | |
| stative | run out, expire | lose validity | |
| motion | run out, spill | flow, run or fall out and become lost | |
| change | run out | exhaust the supply of | |
| change | run out, fail, give out | prove insufficient | |
| body | run out, poop out, peter out, run down, conk out | use up all one's strength and energy and stop working |
| Meaning | become used up; be exhausted. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Broader | end, stop, finish, terminate, cease | Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense |
| Similar to | run out | Exhaust the supply of |
| Meaning | flow off gradually. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
| Model | The water run outs | |
| Synonym | drain | |
| Broader | run, flow, feed, course | Move along, of liquids / liquids |
| Spanish | drenar, escurrirse, irse, vaciar | |
| Meaning | Leave suddenly and as if in a hurry / hurry. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | run off, bolt, bolt out, beetle off | |
| Broader | leave, go forth, go away | go away from a place |
| Meaning | Lose validity. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonym | expire | |
| Broader | discontinue | Come to or be at an end |
| Spanish | caducar, expirar | |
| Catalan | caducar, expirar | |
| Meaning | Flow, run or fall out and become lost. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Synonym | spill | |
| Narrower | overflow, overrun, well over, run over, brim over | Flow or run over (a limit or brim) |
| Broader | run, flow, feed, course | Move along, of liquids / liquids |
| Similar to | spill, slop, splatter | Cause or allow (a liquid substance) to run or flow from a container |
| Spanish | derramarse, derramar, verterse, verter | |
| Catalan | abocar, escampar-se, vessar-se, vessar | |
| Meaning | Exhaust the supply of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Broader | consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out | use up (resources or materials) |
| Similar to | run out | become used up |
| Meaning | prove insufficient. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonyms | fail, give out | |
| Spanish | acabarse, agotarse, fallar | |
| Catalan | acabar-se, esgotar-se, fallar | |
| Meaning | use up all one's strength and energy and stop working. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | poop out, peter out, run down, conk out | |
| Broader | tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade | Lose interest or become bored with something or somebody |
| Catalan | espatllar-se, estropellar-se | |
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