run down
run
rƌn
ran
down
daƊn
dawn
/ɹˈʌn dˈaʊn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "run down"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to run down
[phrase form: run]
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āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to use up all of one's energy, especially to the point of stopping or ceasing to function
Transitive: to run down sb
to run down definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The busy schedule ran her down, and she needed a good night's sleep.
āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏ⧂āĻšā§€ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāϞ āϰāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āϘ⧁āĻŽ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϚāĻžāĻĒāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϧāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ•āĻž āĻŽāĻžāϰāĻž

to injure or kill by knocking someone or something down and passing over their body, as with a vehicle
Transitive: to run down sb/sth
to run down definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Unfortunately, a bicyclist was run down by a speeding truck on the highway.
āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻžāĻ—ā§āϝāĻŦāĻļāϤ, āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āϏāĻžāχāϕ⧇āϞ āφāϰ⧋āĻšā§€āϕ⧇ āĻšāĻžāχāĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŸā§āϰāĻžāĻ• āϚāĻžāĻĒāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦāϞāĻž, āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to speak negatively about someone or something in a way that makes them seem inferior or weak
Transitive: to run down sb/sth
to run down definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Please do n't run down your colleagues; it's essential to maintain a positive work environment.
āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϏāĻšāĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āύāĻž; āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āχāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āϝāĨ¤
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āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āϤāĻĻāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏ⧂āĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to investigate the details or origins of something
Transitive: to run down details of something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She decided to run down the source of the mysterious phone calls.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϰāĻšāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĢā§‹āύ āĻ•āϞ⧇āϰ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻ¨ā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒ⧇ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to quickly assess something with little time or attention
Transitive: to run down sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Let's run down the key points of the presentation before the conference.
āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽā§‡āϞāύ⧇āϰ āφāϗ⧇ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻĒāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāĻ•āĨ¤
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āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϧāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to chase with the intention of capturing or apprehending
Transitive: to run down sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She ran the criminal down and made an arrest after a brief pursuit.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĒāϰāĻžāϧ⧀āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻĒā§āϤ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻ—ā§āϰ⧇āĻĢāϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĢ⧁āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋

to reduce the quantity or resources of something
Transitive: to run down a resource or its quality
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Let's not run the supplies down; we need to order more for the project.
āφāϏ⧁āύ āϏāϰāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻš āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāχ; āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāϰāĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĢ⧁āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĄāĻŋāϏāϚāĻžāĻ°ā§āϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to operate a machine or device until it stops working because of a lack of power or energy
Transitive: to run down a machine or device
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Please do n't run down the camera; it needs to be recharged for tomorrow's event.
āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϰāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āύāĻž; āφāĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇āϰ āχāϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻ°ā§āϜ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻĻāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰāĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ, āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻŦāϞ

being in a state of low energy or reduced strength, often caused by prolonged effort or illness
run down definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The patient looked run down after days of high fever.
āωāĻšā§āϚ āĻœā§āĻŦāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻĒāϰ āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§€ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ