run short
Start lacking supplies
To run short is to have an insufficient supply of something, or to be approaching depletion: We're running short on time, The pantry was running short of staples.
Often used with of or on.
Something that runs short becomes inadequate before the need for it ends: Funds ran short before the project was complete.
- terminateBring to an end
- depleteGreatly reduce supply
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
- underfundingInadequate monetary allocation
- scarceIn short supply
exhaust · deficient · time crunch · race against time · down to the wire · cut it close · countdown · diminish · dwindle · cease · end · finish · lack · stop · fail · budget cut · eke out · tight budget