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run down

verb

1 run down

Trace.

synonym: check out.

Roget 932: disapprove; dislike etc. 867; lament etc. 839; object to, take exception to; be scandalized at, think ill of; view with disfavor, view with dark eyes, view with jaundiced eyes; ... show more

Roget 934: detract, derogate, decry, deprecate, depreciate, disparage; run down, cry down; backcap [U.S.]; belittle; sneer at etc. (contempt) 930; ... show more

Roget 649: be hurtful etc. adj.; cause evil, produce evil, inflict evil, work evil, do evil etc. 619; damnify, endamage, hurt, ... show more

2 run down

Move downward.

3 run down

Injure or kill by knocking (someone or something) down and passing over the body, as with a vehicle.

synonym: run over.

Dutch: aanrijden

4 run down

Use up all one's strength and energy and stop working.

synonyms: conk out, peter out, poop out, run out.

5 run down

Examine hastily.

synonyms: glance over, rake, scan, skim.

Dutch: doorbladeren, doorkijken, doorzien

6 run down

Deplete.

synonyms: exhaust, play out, sap, tire.

Roget 716: attack, assault, assail; invade; set upon, fall upon; charge, impugn, break a lance with, enter the lists.    assume the offensive, take the offensive; be the aggressor, become the aggressor; ... show more

Dutch: interen, opdoen, opgebruiken, opmaken

7 run down

Pursue until captured.


Moby thesaurus: abandoned, ausgespielt, battered, beat-up, beaten up, belittle, blow, break down, bring down, bring into discredit, bring low, broken-down, burn out, burned-out, cachectic, calm, calm down, cease, collapse, collide ... show more.

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