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  • 41run someone over — See run someone down 1) …

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  • 42run someone over — See: run someone down 1) …

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  • 43run someone/thing over — knock down a person or animal in a vehicle. → run …

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  • 44run someone/something over — (of a vehicle or its driver) knock a person or animal down and pass over their body I almost ran over that raccoon …

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  • 45hunt down — verb pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) (Freq. 2) Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland The dogs are running deer The Duke hunted in these woods • Syn: ↑hunt, ↑run, ↑track down …

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  • 46Jungle Run — Infobox Television show name = Jungle Run caption = Jungle Run logo format = Children s Game Show picture format = 4:3 (1999 2000) 16:9 (2001 2006) runtime = 30 minutes creator = Lesley Oakden starring = Dominic Wood 1999 2000 Chris Jarvis 2001… …

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  • 47Falling Down — This article is about the film. For other uses, see Falling Down (disambiguation). Falling Down …

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  • 48do someone/something down — (informal) BELITTLE, disparage, denigrate, run down, deprecate, cast aspersions on, discredit, vilify, defame, criticize, malign; N. Amer. slur; informal have a go at, hit out at, knock, slam, pan, bad mouth; Brit. informal rubbish, slag off. →… …

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  • 49cry someone/something down — (dated) DISPARAGE, run down, belittle, make light of, denigrate, decry, deprecate, depreciate, play down, trivialize, minimize; archaic hold cheap. → cry * * * dated disparage or belittle someone or something …

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  • 50do down — PHRASAL VERB If someone does you down, they try to you make other people think that you are unpleasant or unsuccessful by criticizing you. [BRIT, INFORMAL] [V n P] Glover thinks that Smith did him down, perhaps out of envy. [Also V P n (not… …

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