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1.VerbTo hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them."He was run down while crossing the main road."
2.VerbTo criticize someone or an organisation, often unfairly."Whatever the company says, the media is going to run them down.; My sister is always running me down in front of my friends.; Don't run yourself down so much!"
3.VerbTo find something or someone after searching for a long time."I finally managed to run down that report. I had filed it incorrectly."
4.VerbTo lose power slowly. Used for a machine, battery, or other powered device."You need to wind up the clock every day so that it doesn't run down.; If you don't switch off the car lights, you will run the battery down."
5.VerbTo read quickly a list or other short text."Running down the list of suggestions, I can see three we can discard immediately."
6.VerbTo describe in the form of a rundown, a rough outline or summary.
7.VerbTo reduce the size or stock levels of a business, often with a view to closure."The board of directors have decided to run down the stocks held in storage prior to offering the company for sale.; Before you move, you should run down your food supplies in the fridge, freezer, and pantry to use up as much as possible."
8.VerbTo decline in quality or condition."to run down in health"
9.VerbTo chase till the object pursued is captured or exhausted."to run down a stag"
10.VerbTo run against and sink, as a vessel.
11.VerbTo crush; to overthrow; to overbear.
12.VerbTo approach (someone, thing or place) aggressively, as to attack."He ran down on Rashad and them."
13.VerbTo move (some copy) down to the next line."If they occasionally supply any additional copy after this element, run it down with a manual line break."
14.VerbUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, down.