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
RachealRAY-chəlEnglish
AgnesAG-nəs (English), AHK-nes (German), AHKH-nəs (Dutch), AHNG-nes (Swedish)English, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
NineNEE-nəFrisian
Amandus-Late Roman
Tam (2)-Hebrew
Schumacher['ʃu:ma:kɜ:]