use all of something up
We've run out of milk, can you grab some?
run out of — 2 meanings
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phrasal verb2 meanings
run out ofsame phrase
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use all of something
We ran out of bread, so I need to go to the shop.
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1. use all of something up
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to have none of something left because you have used it all
We've run out of milk, can you grab some?
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To have no more of something left because you have used it all.
We ran out of bread, so I need to go to the shop.
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