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51run down — run (you) down to make you very tired. All of these crises in the family have really run her down …
52run down — Synonyms and related words: abandoned, ausgespielt, battered, beat up, beaten up, belittle, blow, break down, bring down, bring into discredit, bring low, broken down, burn out, burned out, cachectic, calm, calm down, cease, collapse, collide,… …
53To run down a coast — Run Run, v. i. [imp. {Ran}or {Run}; p. p. {Run}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Running}.] [OE. rinnen, rennen (imp. ran, p. p. runnen, ronnen). AS. rinnan to flow (imp. ran, p. p. gerunnen), and iernan, irnan, to run (imp. orn, arn, earn, p. p. urnen); akin… …
54run\ down — v (stress on down ) 1. To crash against and knock down or sink. Jack rode his bicycle too fast and almost ran down his little brother. It was so foggy that the steamship almost ran down a small boat leaving port. Compare: run into(3a) 2a. To… …
55run down — verb 1. trace (Freq. 2) We are running down a few tips • Syn: ↑check out • Hypernyms: ↑pursue, ↑follow up on, ↑act on • Verb Frames …
56run down — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. disparage, criticize; enumerate, list; unwind. See detraction, list, end. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To chase] Syn. hunt, seize, apprehend; see catch 2 , pursue 1 . 2. [To speak slightingly of] Syn.… …
57run down — verb Date: circa 1578 transitive verb 1. a. to collide with and knock down b. to run against and cause to sink 2. a. to chase to exhaustion or until captured b. to trace the source of c. to tag out (a base runner) between bases on a rundown 3.… …
58run down the clock — verb To waste time at the end of a match such that it is terminated by running out of time, or during a match so a time penalty is made less severe. Syn: run the clock down …
59run down — 1. Catch by chasing, chase to weariness. 2. Run against and sink. 3. Crush, overthrow, overbear, overwhelm. 4. Decry, disparage, depreciate, condemn, traduce, cry down …
60run-down — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dilapidated, broken down, tumbledown; weakened, weary, debilitated, done up, used up, in a bad way. See deterioration. n., informal, narrative, description. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Exhausted] Syn …
