Usually means: To have insufficient amount available.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. run short: Merriam-Webster
  2. run short: Vocabulary.com
  3. run short: Wiktionary
  4. run short: Dictionary.com
  5. run short: Rhymezone
  6. run short: FreeDictionary.org
  7. run short: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. run short: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. run short: Legal dictionary
  2. run short: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. run short: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. run short: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (run short)

verb:  (intransitive, or transitive with 'of') To have used up or consumed the majority (of something), so that little remains.
verb:  To be nearly used up or consumed.

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