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Danil Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

He and his soldiers were "out of wine" ?

Hi again. I am reading the book about wine history.

I have a question:

Here is the context:


Hernando Cortés, perhaps the most
successful of the conquistadors and later governor of Mexico, defeated the
Aztecs in 1521. After much celebration, he and his soldiers were out of wine.

What does it mean "out of wine"?

Is it some variety of phrasal verb?
Does it mean that his soldiers were WITHOUT wine totally? Or his soldiers bathed in a sea of wine?

Kind regards, please sorry if this questions seem silly to someone.

  

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g. My car suddenly stopped. It had run out of gas.

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  • g.
  • My car suddenly stopped.
  • It had run out of gas.
  • (petrol) The children were hungry.
  • The family had run out of food and milk and there was no money to buy more.
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"run out of"

e.g.

My car suddenly stopped. It had run out of gas. (petrol)

The children were hungry. The family had run out of food and milk and there was no money to buy more.

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