The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 3 letter word RUN OUT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result RUN OUT
- Become exhausted, so bring about dismissal
- Dismiss weakling stealing heart of spouse
- Come to an end, being dismissed by umpire
- Come to an end — like someone’s innings?
- Dismissal at centre of furore?
- Dismissed when exhausted
- Dismissed a Parisian in the course of disturbance
- To be exhausted after race not acceptable
- Leave home in a hurry, having no provisions whatever?
- Dismissal of peacekeepers amidst utter defeat
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What does RUN OUT mean?
RUN OUT noun- Something that has been run out.
- A run out, a running out. The method of getting out in which a batsman, in making a run, has not reached the popping crease when a fielder breaks his wicket with the ball.
- A relatively flat portion at the end of a ski run to slow down, or to connect trails.
- Slowing down at the end of a ski run, skiing on a runout.
- The end portion of the groove of a phonographic record, after the recorded sound.
- A supposed auction employing shill bidders in order to convince legitimate buyers to purchase worthless articles.
- Deviation of the axis of rotation of a rotating object (especially a milling cutter or workpiece) relative to that object's centerline; the specific amount of deviation.