Rate this phrase:2.7 / 3 votes

run out of steam

To run out of energy; to run out of motivation.
364 Views
“

After two of the team left the project had rather run out of steam.

Collection   Edit    

Submitted on September 01, 2009

Translation

Find a translation for the run out of steam phrase in other languages:

Select another language:

  • - Select -
  • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
  • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
  • Español (Spanish)
  • Esperanto (Esperanto)
  • 日本語 (Japanese)
  • Português (Portuguese)
  • Deutsch (German)
  • العربية (Arabic)
  • Français (French)
  • Русский (Russian)
  • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
  • 한국어 (Korean)
  • עברית (Hebrew)
  • Gaeilge (Irish)
  • Українська (Ukrainian)
  • اردو (Urdu)
  • Magyar (Hungarian)
  • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
  • Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Italiano (Italian)
  • தமிழ் (Tamil)
  • Türkçe (Turkish)
  • తెలుగు (Telugu)
  • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
  • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
  • Čeština (Czech)
  • Polski (Polish)
  • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
  • Românește (Romanian)
  • Nederlands (Dutch)
  • Ελληνικά (Greek)
  • Latinum (Latin)
  • Svenska (Swedish)
  • Dansk (Danish)
  • Suomi (Finnish)
  • فارسی (Persian)
  • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
  • հայերեն (Armenian)
  • Norsk (Norwegian)
  • English (English)

Nearby phrases

Some more phrases from our dictionary similar to run out of steam

run one's courserun overrun oneself raggedrun onrun overrun overrun out onrun overrun off withrun off withRun Off at the Mouthrun offrun off at the mouthrun over

How to pronounce this phrase?

Discuss this run out of steam phrase with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this run out of steam definition to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "run out of steam." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 21 Nov. 2024. <https://www.phrases.com/phrase/run-out-of-steam_6549>.

    Powered by CITE.ME Cite.Me

    We need you!

    Help us build the largest human-edited phrases collection on the web!

    Quiz

    Are you a phrases master?

    »
    Put the pedal to the ________.
    A gretel
    B cretin
    C steel
    D metal

    Browse Phrases.com

    #ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ