out of, be



out of, be

Be lacking, as in We're out of sugar and coffee. Shakespeare used this idiom in Henry V (3:7): "These English are ... out of beef." [Late 1500s] Also see run out of.
See also: out

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
AnneliAHN-ne-leeFinnish
VÍ&Eth;Arr-Norse Mythology
Fatmire-Albanian
Hays[heiz]
DulceDOOL-the (Spanish), DOOL-se (Latin American Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese
MarilÈNe-French