Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

run out of gas

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.87 in modern English

Syllables
run out of -gas
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To become exhausted.

Informal; Intransitive verb

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run out, out of, gas.

Usage

Inflected Forms

runs out of gas (present, singular) running out of gas (participle, present) ran out of gas (past)

Questions

What does run out of gas mean?
To become exhausted.

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