Keep up
Keep up verb - To continue to operate or to meet one's needs.
Usage example: let's hope that old air conditioner keeps up through this heat wave
Run out
Run out verb - Use up all one's strength and energy and stop working.
Both terms in one sentence
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In The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, it was possible to pick up an item from a store's shelf, run around the shopkeeper very quickly until he couldn't see you (he tries to face you all the time but can't always keep up) and then run out the door with it.
Source: No Fair Cheating
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