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
Rosannahro-ZAN-əEnglish (Rare)
ErickER-ikEnglish
North[nɔ:θ]
Aengus-Irish
Janice['dʒænis]
Catarinakah-tah-REE-nah (Italian), ka-ta-REE-na (Galician)Italian, Portuguese, Occitan, Galician