runs out of gas
Fuel supply depleted
Runs out of gas means to exhaust one's fuel supply, literally or figuratively.
A car runs out of gas when its tank empties.
A person or effort runs out of gas when energy or momentum is depleted: The campaign ran out of gas in the final weeks.
Also run out of steam.
- use upConsume until gone
- depleteGreatly reduce supply
- exhaustUse up entirely
- consumeTake in fully
- emptyHolding nothing inside
drain · expended · peter out · run out of steam · lose steam · burnout · energy crash · stagnation · breakdown · hit the wall · hit a wall · sputter · fatigue · spend · collapse · give out · dead in the water · run out of gas
STAMINA/VITALITY (metaphorical)
runs out of gaskeeps going
Remains in motion
powers through · soldiers on · perseveres · rallies · pushes through
runs, running, runner, runners, outing, outings, outward, outwardly, outermost