Run down Very Common

Run down has 8 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Verb

trace

"We are running down a few tips"

run down check out

move downward

"The water ran down"

run down

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

run down run over

use up all one's strength and energy and stop working

"At the end of the march, I pooped out"

poop out peter out run down run out conk out

examine hastily

"She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"

scan skim rake glance over run down

deplete

"exhaust one's savings"

"We quickly played out our strength"

run down exhaust play out sap tire

pursue until captured

"They ran down the fugitive"

run down

To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.

Example Sentences

"We are running down a few tips" verb

"The water ran down" verb

"At the end of the march, I pooped out" verb

"She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi" verb

"exhaust one's savings" verb

"We quickly played out our strength" verb

"They ran down the fugitive" verb