to run sb down
1run you down — run (you) down to make you very tired. All of these crises in the family have really run her down …
2ˌrun (sth) ˈdown — phrasal verb if something such as a machine runs down, or if you run it down, it gradually stops working because it is losing power Switch your headlights off, or you ll run the battery down.[/ex] …
3run it down — tv. to tell the whole story; to tell the truth. □ Come on! What happened? Run it down for me! □ I don’t care what happened. Run it down. I can take it …
4run someone down — 1 he was run down by joyriders: RUN OVER, knock down/over; hit, strike. 2 she ran him down in front of other people: CRITICIZE, denigrate, belittle, disparage …
5run someone down — 1) he was run down by a drunk driver Syn: run over, knock down, knock over; hit, strike 2) she ran him down in front of other people Syn: criticize, denigrate, belittle, disparage, deprecate, find fault with; informal p …
6run someone down — 1) he was run down by joyriders Syn: run over, knock down/over, hit 2) she ran him down in front of other people Syn: criticize, denigrate, belittle, disparage, deprecate, find fault with; informal put down, knock …
7run something down — 1 she finally ran a copy of the book down: FIND, discover, locate, track down, trace, unearth. 2 employers ran down their workforces gradually: REDUCE, cut back on, downsize, decrease …
8run it down — v. tell exactly what happened …
9run somebody down — …
10run down someone — run down (someone) to injure or kill someone with a vehicle. He s accused of running down two pedestrians while driving drunk. She tried to run us down! …
