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31run down — verb a) To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them. He was run down while crossing the main road. b) To criticize someone or an organisation, often unfairly. Whatever the company says, the media is going to run them down.… …
32run down — /ˌrʌn daυn/ verb 1. to reduce a quantity gradually ● We decided to run down stocks or to let stocks run down at the end of the financial year. 2. to slow down the business activities of a company before it is going to be closed ● The company is… …
33run down some lines — 1. in. to converse (with someone). □ I was running down some lines with Fred when the bell rang. □ Hey, man, let’s run down some lines. 2. in. to try to seduce someone; to go through a talk leading to seduction. (See also run one’s rhymes.) □ Go… …
34run-down — adjective /rʌn ˈdaʊn / (say run down) 1. in a poor or deteriorated state of health; depressed, sick or tired. 2. fallen into disrepair. 3. (of a spring operated watch or clock) not running because not wound. –noun /ˈrʌn daʊn / (say run down) 4. a …
35run down — 1) crash against and knock down My dog was run down by a car last week. 2) say bad things about someone, criticize She is always running down her friends. That is why nobody likes her. 3) get into poor health or condition, look bad She has become …
36run-down — {adj.} (stress on run ) In poor health or condition; weak or needing much work. * /Grandma caught a cold because she was very run down from loss of sleep./ * /The houses near the center of the city get more run down every year./ …
37run-down — {adj.} (stress on run ) In poor health or condition; weak or needing much work. * /Grandma caught a cold because she was very run down from loss of sleep./ * /The houses near the center of the city get more run down every year./ …
38run-down — adj (stress on run ) In poor health or condition; weak or needing much work. Grandma caught a cold because she was very run down from loss of sleep. The houses near the center of the city get more run down every year …
39run-down — adjective 1. worn and broken down by hard use (Freq. 1) a creaky shack a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape a flea bitten sofa a run down neighborhood a woebegone old shack • Syn: ↑ …
40run down — phr verb Run down is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑battery, ↑chill, ↑corridor, ↑perspiration, ↑sweat, ↑tear Run down is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ball, ↑flight, ↑industry, ↑stair, ↑ …
