shootingstar
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Dr. Gibbs: Julia, when I married you, do you know what one of my terrors was in getting married?
Mrs. Gibbs: Pshaw! Go on with you!
Dr. Gibbs: I was afraid we weren't going to have material for conversation more'n'ld last us a few weeks. I was afraid we'd run out and eat our meals in silence, That's a fact. You and I've been conversing for twenty years now without noticeable barren spells.
(Thornton Wilder, Our Town, Act II)
What do you take run out to mean in this context?
Mrs. Gibbs: Pshaw! Go on with you!
Dr. Gibbs: I was afraid we weren't going to have material for conversation more'n'ld last us a few weeks. I was afraid we'd run out and eat our meals in silence, That's a fact. You and I've been conversing for twenty years now without noticeable barren spells.
(Thornton Wilder, Our Town, Act II)
What do you take run out to mean in this context?