Emerged in haste exhausted (3,3)

I believe the answer is:

ran out

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'emerged' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to change as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'haste exhausted' is the wordplay.
'haste' becomes 'ran' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'exhausted' becomes 'out' (out can mean empty or exhausted).
'ran'+'out'='RAN OUT'

'in' is the link.

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