run short

[run short] {v. phr.}

1. To not have enough.

* /Bob asked Jack to lend him five dollars because he was running short./

* /We are running short of sugar./

Compare: RUN OUT. 2. To be not enough in quantity.

* /We are out of potatoes and the flour is running short./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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