run out of steam

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Verb

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(idiomatic) To run out of energy or motivation.
After climbing six flights of stairs she found she had run out of steam and had to sit down.

After two of the team left, the project rather ran out of steam.

Translations

to run out of energy or motivation

Finnish: väsähtää (fi)
French: marquer le pas (fr), être à bout de souffle (fr)
Hungarian: kifullad (hu), kifogy a lendületből
Italian: finire la benzina, perdere energia
Polish: wypalać się impf, wypalić się pf
Spanish: perder fuelle
Swedish: tappa stinget

See also

run on empty

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