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run short
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
Despite falling a run short, stringing a few hits together showed that the Angels could build off each other to produce runs.
Staff at Nasser and other hospitals in Gaza told the BBC the blockade meant they were running short on basic supplies like painkillers and gauze, and had to shut down some services.
“Tugs run short, repetitive missions requiring high torque, and start and end at the same home base,” Arc said in a statement announcing its retrofitting project.
They say that with creon running short, switching by patients has depleted stocks of the alternatives.
He even had an on-air code - he said the boat was running short of tea to signal that they were running out of his preferred type of herbal cigarette.
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