run out of gas
idiom
: to no longer have any gas in one's vehicle
Our car ran out of gas on the way here.
We ran out of gas just as the car reached the gas station.
—sometimes used figuratively to indicate getting tiredThe pitcher ran out of gas in the seventh inning.
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Nothing came any easier for USC from there, as the Trojans looked like a team that had run out of gas.
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Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2023
With people running after her and some using pickup trucks to chase the 2-year-old, Bold and Bossy ran for miles, lost a couple of shoes and finally appeared to run out of gas on the highway after 30 minutes, Ewing said.
—NBC News, 21 Aug. 2021
But there are other deaths that could be connected to the family, including the 2015 death of 19-year-old Stephen Smith, who was found dead in the middle of a rural road in Hampton County, three miles from where his car had run out of gas.
—Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 6 Aug. 2021
That night, two people in a white Chevy van had stopped in the median to assist another driver who had run out of gas in the left lane.
—Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com, 29 June 2021
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Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2023
With people running after her and some using pickup trucks to chase the 2-year-old, Bold and Bossy ran for miles, lost a couple of shoes and finally appeared to run out of gas on the highway after 30 minutes, Ewing said.
—NBC News, 21 Aug. 2021
But there are other deaths that could be connected to the family, including the 2015 death of 19-year-old Stephen Smith, who was found dead in the middle of a rural road in Hampton County, three miles from where his car had run out of gas.
—Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 6 Aug. 2021
That night, two people in a white Chevy van had stopped in the median to assist another driver who had run out of gas in the left lane.
—Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com, 29 June 2021
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“Run out of gas.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20out%20of%20gas. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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