runs out
Supply finally ends
Runs out means to become exhausted or depleted: We ran out of milk, Time is running out.
A supply runs out when none remains.
A contract or lease runs out when it expires.
If you run out on someone, you abandon them: He ran out on his family.
To be run out of a place is to be forced to leave.
Comes to an end
- time limitMaximum duration permitted
- cutoffPoint of termination
- due dateWhen payment is required
- clock tickingSound of passing moments
zero hour · final hour · against the clock · countdown · race against time · eleventh hour · crunch time · on the clock
Holding nothing inside
- drainedEmptied of resources
- exhaustedUtterly depleted of energy
- used upEntirely consumed or expended
- finishedBrought to an end
consumed · expended · spent · depleted · gone · dried up · all gone · nothing left
Insufficiency of something needed
- deficitAmount still owed
- lackDeficiency or absence
- shortfallFailure to reach quota
- insufficiencyShortfall in amount needed
undersupply · unavailability · dearth · absence · void · gap · need · want
expires
Comes to an end
- time limitMaximum duration permitted
- cutoffPoint of termination
- due dateWhen payment is required
clock ticking · zero hour · final hour · against the clock · countdown · race against time · eleventh hour · crunch time · on the clock · timer
empty
Holding nothing inside
finished · consumed · expended · spent · depleted · gone · dried up · all gone · nothing left · bottom of barrel
scarcity
Insufficiency of something needed
insufficiency · undersupply · unavailability · dearth · absence · void · gap · need · want · in short supply
hurry
Move with urgency
race · haste · last-minute · time-sensitive · pressing · critical · emergency · quick · frantic · stock up