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
GobnaitGAWB-netIrish
Ermintrude-English (Archaic)
Kore-Greek Mythology
Klim-Russian, Ukrainian
RorieRAWR-eeIrish, Scottish
Arijit-Bengali