Found 1 items, similar to run down.
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Definition: run down
run down
v 1: trace;
“We are running down a few tips” [syn:
check out]
2: move downward;
“The water ran down”
3: injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle [syn:
run over
]
4: use up all one's strength and energy and stop working;
“At
the end of the march, I pooped out” [syn:
poop out,
peter out
,
run out,
conk out]
5: examine hastily;
“She scanned the newspaper headlines while
waiting for the taxi” [syn:
scan,
skim,
rake,
glance over
]
6: deplete;
“exhaust one's savings”;
“We quickly played out our
strength” [syn:
exhaust,
play out,
sap,
tire]
7: pursue until captured;
“They ran down the fugitive”