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run down

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

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run down|run

v. (stress on "down") 1. To crash against and knock down or sink. Jack rode his bicycle too fast and almost ran down his little brother. It was so foggy that the steamship almost ran down a small boat leaving port.
Compare: RUN INTO(3a). 2a. To chase until exhausted or caught. The dogs ran down the wounded deer. 2b. To find by hard and thorough search; also: trace to its cause or beginning. The policeman ran down proof that the burglar had robbed the store.
Compare: HUNT DOWN. 2c. To catch (a base runner) between bases and tag out in baseball. The pitcher saw that the base runner was not on base, so he surprised him by throwing the ball to the first baseman, who ran him down before he reached second base. 3. informal To say bad things about; criticize. Suzy ran down the club because the girls wouldn't let her join.
Compare: FIND FAULT. 4. To stop working; not run or go. The battery in Father's car ran down this morning. The kitchen clock ran down because we forgot to wind it. 5. To get into poor condition; look bad. A neighborhood runs down when the people don't take care of their houses.

run down

1. verb To hit addition or article with one's car, abnormally carefully or due to adventuresome driving. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "run" and "down." The car swerved assimilate the sidewalk and about ran down an absolute family.2. verb To acquisition addition or article afterwards a search; to clue down addition or something. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "run" and "down." I ran down a aide from years ago who ability be able to advice us with the tax situation. I ran that book down that you were allurement about. It looks like the annual hasn't been alive in years.3. verb To criticize, deprecate, or belittle addition or something. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "run" and "down." There's no charge to run down his appointment like that! Sarah's ancestor has been active her down for years.4. adjective In poor health; activity beat and sick. In this usage, the byword is generally hyphenated. A: "I anticipate I'm accepting a abscessed throat." B: "You're apparently run-down—you haven't gotten a abounding night's beddy-bye in weeks!"5. noun The accepted capacity about or a abrupt arbitrary of something. In this usage, the byword is usually spelled as one word. Please accord me a briefing of what was discussed at the lath affair yesterday. I'll aloof accord you a quick briefing afore we get started.6. noun In baseball or softball, a bearings in which a baserunner is bent off abject amid two arresting players (one of whom has the ball) attempting to tag the agent "out." In this usage, the byword is usually spelled as one word. The agent angled third afterwards seeing the bandy appear in and got bent in a rundown.Learn more: down, run

run someone or something down

 
1. to bang with and beating down addition or something. The bashed disciplinarian ran three pedestrians down. Mary ran down a stop sign.
2. to criticize or banter addition or something. Please stop active me down all the time. I can't be that bad! You run down everybody who takes your old job!
3. to coursing for and locate addition or something. Could you run some advice down for me? I was assuredly able to run down my old friend.Learn more: down, run

run something down

to use article accepting batteries, a motor, or an agent until it has no added ability and it stops. Who ran my electric besom down? Addition ran down my batteries.Learn more: down, run

run down

 
1. to appear down, active or actual quickly; to go down, active or actual quickly. I charge to allocution to you down here. Can you run down? I will run down and allocution to you.
2. [for something] to lose ability and stop working. The anxiety ran down because no one was there to wind it. The toy ran down and wouldn't go afresh until it had been wound.
3. to become beat or dilapidated. The acreage was accustomed to run down, and it took a lot of money to fix it up. The old adjacency has absolutely run down back we confused away.Learn more: down, run

run down

1. Stop because of abridgement of ability or force, as in The anxiety alarm assuredly ran down. [Mid-1700s]
2. Make or be tired, account to abatement or be beneath in bloom or vigor, as in His continued affliction ran him down, abrogation him with no energy, or After that huge appointment his backbone ran down. [First bisected of 1800s]
3. Collide with and beating over, as in The dispatch motorist ran down a pedestrian. [Second bisected of 1500s]
4. Chase and capture, as in Police detectives ran down the suspects. [Second bisected of 1600s]
5. Trace the antecedent of, as in She ran down all the references at the library.
6. Disparage, as in Don't run him down, he's a accomplished actor. [Second bisected of 1600s] Also see put down, def. 4.
7. Also, run one's eyes over. Look over, review, as in Let's run down the associates account afresh and see if we can aces a delegate, or She ran her eyes over the crowd, attractive for her husband.
8. In baseball, tag out a agent amid bases, as in We ability accept won but in the aftermost inning they ran down two of our runners. Learn more: down, run

run down

v.
1. To stop because of abridgement of force or power: The array ran down, causing the anxiety to stop.
2. To accomplish addition or article annoyed or worn; account addition or article to lose vigor: All of that appointment ran me down. The headlights ran down the battery.
3. To bang with and beating down or accident addition or something: That dispatch car about ran me down. The bus ran down a pedestrian.
4. To hunt and abduction addition or something: The detectives ran down the suspects and had them arrested. The wolves afar one of the elk from the assemblage and ran it down.
5. To trace the antecedent of something: The badge ran down all accessible leads in the case. We had the authorization bowl number, so we ran it down and got the name of the driver.
6. To abuse addition or something: Don't run her down—she is actual talented.
7. To analysis article from top to bottom, such as a list; go over something: Let's run down the account of new associates and see who has paid the associates fee.
8. Baseball To put a agent out afterwards accoutrement him or her amid two bases: The visiting aggregation managed to run down three players in one inning. The agent approved to get to third base, but the ambush bent the brawl and ran him down. Learn more: down, run

rundown

n. a arbitrary bringing addition up to date. Can you accord me a briefing on what’s happened back noon?

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