SINCE 1828
run out of gas
idiomDefinition of run out of gas
: 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.
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