another word for running out of something

'Is' is the wrong auxiliary verb to use with 'run out'. 'The power of this phone / this phone's power has run out' is ok, or at least it's correct. Synonyms for RUN OFF: lost, awol, dissipated, Flown, dead, dissolved, ended, retired, taken a powder, Decamped, out the window, run-off, Passed, Disappeared. Also, in this instance we'd say 'my phone'. 'I ran out of the phone's battery' is weird primarily because in this sentence the battery belongs to the phone rather than 'I', so it's not 'I' who ran out of battery.

But, at least for BE speakers, in many contexts that subject may be the person ('I have run out of battery') or the device itself ('my phone has run out of battery'). The very particular context of cricket aside, it's the subject of the sentence that actively runs out every time. On 'run out', it can't be used passively at all. I'd say, 'My phone has run out of battery', 'my battery is dead', 'I've got no battery on my phone', 'I've / My phone has run out of charge'.įor some reason British phones seem to have either a battery or charge, but not power. Words with similar meaning of Run out of something at Thesaurus dictionary Synonym.tech. As a BE speaker I would never say 'my phone has run out of power'. Popular synonyms for Run out of something and phrases with this word.

Another word for running out of something