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be running on empty

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be running on empty  (informal)
1. to continue to work and be active when you have no energy left I get the impression he's been running on empty for months now. A holiday will do him good.
2. (American & Australian) if a person or an organization is running on empty, they have no new ideas or are not as effective as they were before The fund-raising campaign was running on empty after ten years under the same leader.
See also: empty, running


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