run down

Meaning

Verb

• To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.
• To criticize someone or an organisation, often unfairly.
• To find something or someone after searching for a long time.
• To lose power slowly. Used for a machine, battery, or other powered device.
• To read quickly a list or other short text.
• To describe in the form of a rundown, a rough outline or summary.
• To reduce the size or stock levels of a business, often with a view to closure.
• To decline in condition.
• To chase till the object pursued is captured or exhausted.
• To run against and sink, as a vessel.
• To crush; to overthrow; to overbear.

Related

Similar words

• run over, knock down
• put down, demean, berate
• track down