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run out on en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To leave a partner or commitment suddenly and without prior warning.
    • Vinton's former wife, Mitzi, ran out on him. Naomi had four previous marriages, to Tom, Bill, Leonard and George. 2011, Vincent Terrace, Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 Through 2010, 2d Ed., Volume 3, page 648:
  2. (idiomatic) To leave a restaurant without paying the bill; to dine and dash.
    • I saw him run out on the check at an Applebee's.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
running out on Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
run out on Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ran out on Tense=Past lexicographic
runs out on Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic