Usually means: Leave someone abruptly; fail to.
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  1. run out on: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. run out on: Merriam-Webster
  3. run out on: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. run out on: Collins English Dictionary
  5. run out on: Wiktionary
  6. run out on: Dictionary.com
  7. run out on: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. run out on: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (run out on)

verb:  To leave a partner or commitment suddenly and without prior warning.
verb:  To leave a restaurant without paying the bill; to dine and dash.

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