Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - run out

 verb  Date: 14th century  intransitive verb  1.  a. to come to an end ; expire time ran out  b. to become exhausted or used up the gasoline ran out  2. to jut out  transitive verb  1.  a. to finish out (as a course, series, or contest) ; complete  b. of a baseball batter to run hard to first base after hitting (a batted ball) ran out the grounder  2.  a. to fill out (a typeset line) with quads, leaders, or ornaments  b. to set (as the first line of a paragraph) with a hanging indention  3. to exhaust (oneself) in running  4. to cause to leave by force or coercion ; expel