running out
Supply almost exhausted
Running out describes a supply diminishing to nothing or time expiring.
You can run out of gas, run out of patience, or run out of options.
The clock runs out when time expires.
Someone who runs out on a person abandons them: He ran out on his family.
To run someone out is to force them to leave: They ran him out of town.
Deficient supply of necessities
- deficitAmount still owed
- dearthAcute shortage of something
- lackDeficiency or absence
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
undersupply · shortfall · crunch · pinch · rationing · low stock · bare cupboard · scraping by
Time limit for completion
- last-minuteJust before deadline
- time pressureStress from deadlines
- race against timeUrgent struggle before deadline
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
crunch time · eleventh hour · ticking clock · final stretch · hurry · scramble · desperate · pressed for time
shortage
Deficient supply of necessities
insufficiency · undersupply · shortfall · crunch · pinch · rationing · low stock · bare cupboard · scraping by · making do
deadline
Time limit for completion
- last-minuteJust before deadline
- time pressureStress from deadlines
- race against timeUrgent struggle before deadline
countdown · crunch time · eleventh hour · ticking clock · final stretch · hurry · scramble · desperate · pressed for time · down to the wire
supplies
Resources for a task
gas · fuel · battery · groceries · provisions · stock · reserves · savings · options · patience
dwindle
Decrease gradually over time
diminish · use up · empty · deplete · spend · decrease · finish · expend · go through · burn through
- decliningdeclining, waning, fading, diminishing, decreasing
- depletingusing up, depleting, exhausting, draining, consuming
- Running Lowin short supply, dried up, at a premium, next to nothing, slim pickings
- energy depletionfatigue, exhaustion, tiredness, burnout, weariness
- time pressurerush, against the clock, rushed, clock is ticking, urgency
- Horse Problemscribbing, weaving, bucking, rearing, biting
running outoverflowing
Exceeding capacity, spilling out
abundant · plentiful · brimming · stockpiled · teeming
running outaccumulating
Gathering in increasing quantity
building up · piling up · replenishing · restocking · growing
running outpouring in
Arriving in abundance
running in · filling up · coming in · rushing in · inflowing
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