run out of road
English
Verb
run out of road (third-person singular simple present runs out of road, present participle running out of road, simple past ran out of road, past participle run out of road)
- Synonym of run out of steam
- 2022 October 14, quoting Keir Starmer, “Truss premiership ‘hanging by thread’ after Kwarteng sacking and latest U-turn”, in The Guardian:
- With No 10 in disarray, Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, has called for a general election regardless of whether Truss stays or goes, saying the government has “completely run out of road”.