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run-out
[ruhn-out]
noun
the act of evading a jump or jumping outside of the limiting markers.
run out
verb
to exhaust (a supply of something) or (of a supply) to become exhausted
(intr) to expire; become no longer valid
my passport has run out
informalto desert or abandon
(tr) cricket to dismiss (a running batsman) by breaking the wicket with the ball, or with the ball in the hand, while he is out of his ground
noun
cricket dismissal of a batsman by running him out
mechanical engineering an imperfection of a rotating component so that not all parts revolve about their intended axes relative to each other
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of run-out1
Idioms and Phrases
Become used up or exhausted, as in Our supplies have run out . [Late 1600s]
Compel to leave; see run off , def. 5.
Become void, expire, as in Our renter's insurance ran out last month . [c. 1300] Also see run out of ; run out on .
Example Sentences
Carty and King added 141 for the second wicket but the former was put down on by Duckett on one and Saqib Mahmood on 41, while Duckett also dropped King on 11 and somehow squandered a run-out opportunity when both batters were stranded in the middle of the pitch in the 21st over.
The missed run-out followed before the two batters settled down, steadily taking West Indies to 146-1 at the halfway stage before King holed out to long-on off Rashid.
The big bonus was the return of Dejan Kulusevski after injury for a 15-minute run-out.
Only 59 runs came after Maxwell was dismissed – a brilliant run-out of Carey for 61 also crucial.
Australia captain Steve Smith retracts an appeal from team-mate Josh Inglis to review a possible run-out in the ICC Men's Champions Trophy.
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