1. run_down - verb
· trace; "We are running down a few tips"
Synonym(s): check_out
Hypernym(s): pursue, follow_up_on, act_on
2. run_down - verb
· move downward; "The water ran down"
Hypernym(s): run, flow, feed, course
3. run_down - verb
· injure or kill by knocking (someone or something) down and passing over the body, as with a vehicle
Synonym(s): run_over
4. run_down - verb
· use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out"
Synonym(s): poop_out, peter_out, run_out, conk_out
Hypernym(s): tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade
5. run_down - verb
· examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
Synonym(s): scan, skim, rake, glance_over
6. run_down - verb
· deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
Synonym(s): exhaust, play_out, sap, tire
Hypernym(s): consume, eat_up, use_up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run_through, wipe_out
7. run_down - verb
· pursue until captured; "They ran down the fugitive"
Hypernym(s): chase, chase_after, trail, tail, tag, give_chase, dog, go_after, track
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