run dry

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run dry — idiom

1. If a supply or source of something runs dry, it is completely used up and no mor

1.idiom
Definition

If a supply or source of something runs dry, it is completely used up and no more is available

Example

After months without rain, the village wells ran dry.

2. To stop providing water or to be completely used up so that none is left.

2.idiom
Definition

To stop providing water or to be completely used up so that none is left.

Example

The river ran dry after months of no rain.

Our savings account ran dry during the emergency.