Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is run dry and it is a phrase meaning is “(of resources/supply) be totally used up, be completely exhausted; become unavailable; become empty”.
Example Sentence: Sri Lanka is facing a deepening financial and humanitarian crisis with fears it could go bankrupt in 2022 as inflation rises to record levels, food prices rocket and its coffers run dry.
This word is present in The Guardian article ‘There is no money left’: Covid crisis leaves Sri Lanka on brink of bankruptcy and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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