a run-down
111run — {{11}}run (n.) spell of running, mid 15c. (earlier ren, late 14c.), from RUN (Cf. run) (v.). Sense of small stream first recorded 1580s, mostly Northern English dialect and Amer.Eng. Meaning series or rush of demands on a bank, etc. is first… …
112run through — verb 1. apply thoroughly; think through (Freq. 4) We worked through an example • Syn: ↑work through, ↑go through • Derivationally related forms: ↑run through • Hypernyms: ↑ …
113run in — Synonyms and related words: acclimated, acclimatized, accommodated, accustomed, adapted, adjusted, apprehend, arrest, barney, bust, call on, call upon, capture, case hardened, collar, collide, come by, come over, conditioned, cram in, crowd in,… …
114run over — Synonyms and related words: abound, autopsy, battologize, bristle with, brood over, browse, call off, call over, call the roll, canvass, cascade, cataract, census, check, check out, check over, check up on, chew over, con over, count, crawl with …
115run out the clock — noun see clock VII * * * Sports deliberately use as much time as possible in order to preserve one s own team s advantage facing a tie, he decided to run out the clock in the final moments * * * run down/out the ˈclock idiom (US) if a sports team …
116run into — Synonyms and related words: add up to, afford, aggregate, aggregate to, alight upon, alter into, amount to, bang, bang into, be converted into, become, blunder upon, bring, bring in, bump, bump into, cannon, carom, carom into, chance upon, change …
117run out — verb 1. become used up; be exhausted (Freq. 5) Our supplies finally ran out • Hypernyms: ↑end, ↑stop, ↑finish, ↑terminate, ↑cease • Verb Frames …
118run over — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. drive over, strike, run down, knock down, trample on, kill, hurt, injure, hit and run* …
119run through — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To examine] Syn. check, read through, look at; see examine 1 . 2. [To spend] Syn. waste, squander, lose; see spend 1 , waste 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To use all of: consume, drain, draw down, eat up, exhaust,… …
120run someone/thing down — 1》 (of a vehicle) hit and knock over a person or animal. 2》 criticize someone or something unfairly or unkindly. 3》 discover someone or something after a search. 4》 (also run down) reduce or become reduced in size or resources. 5》 lose or cause… …
