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 tired
The pitcher ran out of gas in the seventh inning.

Examples of run out of gas in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Nothing came any easier for USC from there, as the Trojans looked like a team that had run out of gas. 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 See all Example Sentences for run out of gas 

These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'run out of gas.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Dictionary Entries Near run out of gas

Cite this Entry

“Run out of gas.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20out%20of%20gas. Accessed 16 Oct. 2024.

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!