Словарь американских идиом: 8000 единиц

[run out]{v.} 1a. To come to an end; be used up. •/Jerry almost got across the brook on the slippery stones but his luck ran out and he slipped and fell./ •/We’d better do our Christmas shopping; time is running out./ Syn.: GIVE OUT(5). 1b. To use all of the supply; be troubled by not having enough. •/The car ran out of gas three miles from town./ •/Millie never runs out of ideas for clever party decorations./ Compare: RUN SHORT. 2. {informal} To force to leave; expel. •/Federal agents ran the spies out of the country./ Syn.: KICK OUT, RUN OFF.

[run out on]{v. phr.} To leave someone in the lurch; abandon another. •/When Ted ran out on Delores, she got so angry that she sued him for divorce./

[run over]{v.} 1. To be too full and flow over the edge; spill over. •/Billy forgot he had left the water on, and the tub ran over./ 2. To try or go over (something) quickly; practice briefly. •/During the lunch hour, Mary ran over her history facts so she would remember them for the test./ •/The coach ran over the signals for the trick play with the team just before game time./ 3. To drive on top of; ride over. •/At night cars often run over small animals that are blinded by the headlights./ Syn.: RUN DOWN.

[run ragged]{v. phr.} To tire out; make nervous by too much worry or work. •/Trying to keep up with too many clubs, sports, and activities in addition to his homework ran Tom ragged./ •/On a rainy day the children sometimes ran Mother ragged./ Compare: WEAR OUT.

[run rings around] See: RUN CIRCLES AROUND.

[run riot]{v. phr.} 1. To act freely or wildly; not control yourself. •/The monkey got out of his cage and ran riot in the pet shop./ •/John let his imagination run riot, thinking he was hunting lions in Africa./ 2. To be or grow in great numbers or large amounts. •/Daisies ran riot in the meadow./ Compare: RUN WILD.

[run scared]{v. phr.} To expect defeat, as in a political campaign. •/The one-vote defeat caused him to run scared in every race thereafter./

[run short]{v. phr.} 1. To not have enough. •/Bob asked Jack to lend him five dollars because he was running short./ •/We are running short of sugar./ Compare: RUN OUT. 2. To be not enough in quantity. •/We are out of potatoes and the flour is running short./

[run that by me again!]{v. phr.}, {informal command} Repeat what you just said, as I couldn’t understand you. •/"Run that by me again," he cried. "This telephone connection is very bad."/

[run the gauntlet] also [gantlet] {v. phr.} 1. To be made to run between two lines of people facing each other and be hit by them with clubs or other weapons. •/Joe had to run the gauntlet as part of his initiation into the club./ 2. To face a hard test; bear a painful experience. •/Ginny had to run the gauntlet of her mother’s questions about how the ink spot got on the dining room rug./