run dry

run dry

English

Verb

run dry

1. To become dry; to cease to flow with water.

   Last summer the river ran dry.

2. To run out; to be fully consumed; to expire.

   The beer soon ran dry so we cracked open a bottle of wine.

   I used to write short stories, but these days my inspiration has run dry.

Translations

become dry

Latin: ārescō

Anagrams

• dry run, dry-run