run out of gas
Tank hits empty
To run out of gas is literally to exhaust a vehicle's fuel supply, leaving it unable to operate.
Figuratively, it means to lose energy, momentum, or enthusiasm: The campaign ran out of gas in the final weeks.
I was doing great on the project but ran out of gas around midnight.
- fuel gaugeMeasures remaining vehicle energy
- low fuelInsufficient gas remaining
- gasolineRefined petroleum vehicle fuel
- gas stationRetail fuel vendor
- emptyHolding nothing inside
out · burnout · depleted · peter out · spent · needle · drained · coasting · fizzle out · lose steam · wind down · give out · lose ground · stagnation · fumes · exhaustion · dead tired · shortage
- travel idiomshit the road, in the same boat, miss the boat, end of the road, crossroads
- exhaustionexhaustion, burn out, drained, spent, tired
- fizzle outpeter out, taper off, dwindle, wane, die away
stamina/vitality (metaphorical)
run out of gasgain momentum
pick up steam · hit one's stride · power through · stay the course · keep going