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"forms": [
{
"form": "runs on fumes",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
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]
},
{
"form": "running on fumes",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "ran on fumes",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "run on fumes",
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Automotive",
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"parents": [
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},
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"derived": [
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"_dis1": "71 29",
"word": "fume date"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "We were running on fumes by the time we arrived, but we made it to the next gas station."
}
],
"glosses": [
"To operate a vehicle that is low on fuel."
],
"id": "en-run_on_fumes-en-verb-j96gNmKw",
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"automotive",
"automotive"
],
[
"vehicle",
"vehicle"
],
[
"fuel",
"fuel"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(automotive) To operate a vehicle that is low on fuel."
],
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{
"_dis1": "72 28",
"word": "run on empty"
}
],
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"automotive",
"transport",
"vehicles"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The organization had been running on fumes for months, so it's not surprising that they closed their doors."
}
],
"glosses": [
"By extension, to operate with few resources or little money."
],
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"resources",
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],
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],
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"(idiomatic) By extension, to operate with few resources or little money."
],
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}
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}
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"forms": [
{
"form": "runs on fumes",
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"present",
"singular",
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},
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"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "ran on fumes",
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{
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},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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}
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],
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{
"text": "We were running on fumes by the time we arrived, but we made it to the next gas station."
}
],
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"To operate a vehicle that is low on fuel."
],
"links": [
[
"automotive",
"automotive"
],
[
"vehicle",
"vehicle"
],
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"fuel",
"fuel"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(automotive) To operate a vehicle that is low on fuel."
],
"topics": [
"automotive",
"transport",
"vehicles"
]
},
{
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"English idioms"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "The organization had been running on fumes for months, so it's not surprising that they closed their doors."
}
],
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"By extension, to operate with few resources or little money."
],
"links": [
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"resources"
],
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"money",
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],
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"(idiomatic) By extension, to operate with few resources or little money."
],
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