run out on verb2 •To leave a partner or commitment suddenly and without prior warning.Vinton's former wife, Mitzi, ran out on him. Naomi had four previous marriages, to Tom, Bill, Leonard and George. — 2011 •To leave a restaurant without paying the bill; to dine and dash.I saw him run out on the check at an Applebee's. formsran out on · running out on · runs out on