run out of road

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run out of road (third-person singular simple present runs out of road, present participle running out of road, simple past ran out of road, past participle run out of road)

  1. Synonym of run out of steam
    • 2022 October 14, Keir Starmer, quotee, “Truss premiership ‘hanging by thread’ after Kwarteng sacking and latest U-turn”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      With No 10 in disarray, Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, has called for a general election regardless of whether Truss stays or goes, saying the government has “completely run out of road”.
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