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run low |
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run low (on something) to near the end of a supply of something. We are running low on salt. It's time to buy more. The car is running low on gas. run low to be almost used up Food stocks are running low already and we'll probably run out in April. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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`I was afraid to push my way in among all this machinery in the dark, and it was only with my last glimpse of light I discovered that my store of matches had run low. Then the gas would run low, we too should lie gasping upon that cherry-coloured boudoir carpet, and the fate of the human race and of all earthly life would be complete. My provision of the salt, which had never been renewed since the date of the first experiment, began to run low. |
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