"run dry" meaning in English

See run dry in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: runs dry [present, singular, third-person], running dry [participle, present], ran dry [past], run dry [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|run<,,ran,run> dry}} run dry (third-person singular simple present runs dry, present participle running dry, simple past ran dry, past participle run dry)
  1. To become dry; to cease to flow with water. Translations (become dry): versiegen (German), vertrocknen (German), triomaigh (Irish), ārescō (Latin)
    Sense id: en-run_dry-en-verb-WhX5GRYg Disambiguation of 'become dry': 96 4
  2. To run out; to be fully consumed; to expire.
    Sense id: en-run_dry-en-verb-VndMvMy7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 85

Inflected forms

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