to run down

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To find something or someone after searching for a long time

I finally managed to run down that report. I had filed it incorrectly.

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

He was run down while crossing the main road.

To criticize someone or an organisation, often unfairly

Don't run yourself down so much!.

To read quickly a list or other short text

Running down the list of suggestions, I can see three we can discard immediately.

To reduce the size or stock levels of a business, often with a view to closure

The board of directors have decided to run down the stocks held in storage prior to offering the company for sale.

To lose power slowly. Used for a machine, battery, or other powered device

If you don't switch off the car lights, you will run the battery down.

A played used by fielders to tag out a runner caught between bases
trace; "We are running down a few tips"
dilapidated, ramshackle; exhausted, weakened
If someone runs down an amount of something, they reduce it or allow it to decrease. But the survey also revealed firms were running down stocks instead of making new products
trace; "We are running down a few tips
move downward; "The water ran down"
If a machine or device runs down, it gradually loses power or works more slowly. The batteries are running down. see also run-down
pursue until captured; "They ran down the fugitive"
Same as retrieve
use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out"
If a vehicle or its driver runs someone down, the vehicle hits them and injures them. Lozano claimed that motorcycle driver Clement Lloyd was trying to run him down. = knock down, run over
criticize; run over, hit with a vehicle; chase and capture; become exhausted; make less valuable
examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
n to cease to operate because of the exhaustion of motive power The radio isn't working because the batteries have run down We need to buy some more batteries
deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle pursue until captured; "They ran down the fugitive"
If people run down an industry or an organization, they deliberately reduce its size or the amount of work that it does. The government is cynically running down Sweden's welfare system
injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle
If you run people or things down, you criticize them strongly. He last night denounced the British `genius for running ourselves down'. that chap who was running down state schools
to run down

    Расстановка переносов

    to run Down

    Турецкое произношение

    tı rʌn daun

    Произношение

    /tə ˈrən ˈdoun/ /tə ˈrʌn ˈdaʊn/

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    ... first run down the street on her bicycle without the training wheels because she rides past ...
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