run down

criticize; run over, hit with a vehicle; chase and capture; become exhausted; make less valuable

adj. dilapidated, ramshackle; exhausted, weakened

Verb
1. trace; "We are running down a few tips"
(synonym) check out
(hypernym) pursue, follow up on, act on
2. move downward; "The water ran down"
(hypernym) run, flow, feed, course
3. injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle
(synonym) run over
(hypernym) injure, wound
4. use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out"
(synonym) poop out, peter out, run out, conk out
(hypernym) tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade
5. examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
(synonym) scan, skim, rake, glance over
(hypernym) examine, see
6. deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
(synonym) exhaust, play out, sap, tire
(hypernym) consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
(verb-group) play out
7. pursue until captured; "They ran down the fugitive"
(hypernym) chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track

Adjective
1. worn and broken down by hard use; "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"
(synonym) creaky, decrepit, flea-bitten, woebegone
(similar) worn
2. having the spring unwound; "a run-down watch"
(similar) malfunctioning, nonfunctional

criticize, put down Fred doesn't run down his staff. He never says negative things.

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, crack up, cry down, debase, debilitated, decline, decrepit, decry, degrade, depreciate, derelict, derogate, derogate from, deserted, desolate, determine, detract from, devitalized, die, die down, dilapidated, diminish, dingy, disabled, disapprove of, discover, discredit, disgrace, disparage, dispraise, done, done up, down-at-heel, drained, droop, drooping, droopy, drop, dwindle, ebb, effete, emptied, enervated, enfeebled, eviscerated, exhausted, fade, fagged, fail, failing, faint, fainting, fall, fall aboard, fall away, fall off, far-gone, fatigue, fatigued, feeble, feeling faint, find, find out, flag, flagging, follow, follow a clue, follow up, footsore, forsaken, frail, frazzled, gasp, get, get tired, give out, go down, go downhill, go off, good and tired, grow weary, halt, head into, healthless, hit, hit a slump, hit and run, hit rock bottom, hit the skids, hold in contempt, hunt down, in poor health, in ruins, incapacitated, infirm, inundate, invalid, invent, jade, jaded, knock, laid low, languid, languish, languishing, lapse, locate, lose strength, lull, make little of, minimize, molder, moribund, nose, nose out, overflow, override, overrun, pacify, pale, pant, peak, peaked, peaky, peter out, pine, play out, played out, poop out, pooped, puff, puff and blow, put down, quiesce, quiet, quieten, ram, ramshackle, reach the depths, ready to drop, rediscover, reduced, reduced in health, reflect discredit upon, ride down, ride over, ride roughshod over, ruined, ruinous, run broadside on, run in, run into, run out, run over, run ragged, run to earth, sagging, sail into, sapped, seedy, shabby, shadow, shotten, sickly, sink, slide, slight, slip, slummy, slump, smell out, sniff out, soothe, speak ill of, spent, stalk, stop, strike, submit to indignity, subside, succumb, tacky, tail, tattered, tire, tired, tired-winged, toilworn, tottery, touch bottom, trace, trace down, track, track down, trail, trample, trample on, trample underfoot, trample upon, tranquilize, tread upon, tumbledown, uncared-for, unhealthy, unrefreshed, unrestored, unsound, untended, used up, valetudinarian, valetudinary, wane, waste, waste away, wasted, way-weary, wayworn, weak, weaken, weakened, weakly, wearied, weariful, weary, weary-footed, weary-laden, weary-winged, weary-worn, wheeze, wilt, wilting, with low resistance, wither, wither away, worn, worn-down, worn-out
  

run down
chạy xuống (đường dốc...) chảy xuống, chảy ròng ròng (mồ hôi...) chết vì không lên giây (đồng hồ...) kiệt sức (vì làm việc nhiều, vì thiếu ăn) đè ngã (ai); đánh đắm, làm chìm (một chiếc tàu...) đụng phải, va phải đuổi đến cùng đường (thú săn) đuổi kịp, bắt được (người chạy trốn...) tìm ra chỗ ẩn náp, phát hiện ra tung tích (của ai...) bôi nhọ, nói xấu, gièm phato run in chạy vào xô vào đánh giáp lá cà; xô vào đánh gần người (quyền anh) (thể dục,thể thao) mang bóng vào đường vạch khung thành bên đối phương và đặt xuống (bóng bầu dục) (+ to) ghé thămto run in to somebody: ghé thăm ai (thông tục) bắt giam (ai) (thông tục) làm cho (người ứng cử) chắc chắn trúng cử cho chạy thử (máy mới cho thuần) mắc (nợ)to run in debt: mắc nợ
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run-down /'rʌndaun/
tính từ kiệt sức hết dây, chết (đồng hồ) ọp ẹp, long tai gãy ngõng danh từ bản báo cáo tóm tắt, bài tóm tắt
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