Definition of Run low

1. Verb. To be spent or finished. "Gas is running low at the gas stations in the Midwest"

Exact synonyms: Go, Run Short
Related verbs: Go
Generic synonyms: Cease, End, Finish, Stop, Terminate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Run Low

run dry
run for
run for it
run for office
run for one's money
run for the hills
run for the roses
run hot and cold
run in
run in the family
run interference
run into
run into the ground
run like a top
run like the wind
run low (current term)
run of house
run of play
run of the mill
run off
run off at the mouth
run off with
run on
run on fumes
run oneself ragged
run out
run out of steam
run out on
run out the clock
run outs

Literary usage of Run low

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1887)
"... universally throughout the whole world, it is an infallible evidence of the riches of that country ; and wherever wages for labour run low, ..."

2. An Excursion to California Over the Prairie, Rocky Mountains, and Great by William Kelly (1851)
"... Gold Creek—Richness of the Diggings there— Change of Weather—Indian Attack—Provisions run low—Continued bad Weather—Indian Tradition about the Weather—A ..."

3. Autobiography, Reminiscences and Letters of John Trumbull, from 1756 to 1841 by John Trumbull (1841)
"... six by nine feet—While on the Declaration of Independence, slight attack of cholera—Recover and go on—Funds run low—Many pictures unsold, ..."

4. Football Days: Memories of the Game and of the Men Behind the Ball by William Hanford Edwards (1916)
"Brown's particular pet phrase in urging his men was, 'run low.' So that he, whenever the half-back received the ball, would immediately start to holler, ..."

5. Football Days: Memories of the Game and of the Men Behind the Ball by William Hanford Edwards (1916)
"As you recall, the cry, 'Tackle low and run low,' was continuously called after the teams in those days. Brown's particular pet phrase in urging his men was ..."

6. The Club: Or, A Grey Cap for a Green Head. Containing Maxims, Advice by James Puckle, Austin Dobson (1900)
"... so as to run high or low at pleasure. 7 Dice with their edges polished off, so as to make them run high. ' Ditto so as to make them run low. ..."

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