| Definitions | | run down |
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verb to run down
- (context, idiom, transitive)To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.
- He was while crossing the main road.
- (context, idiom, transitive)To 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!
- (context, idiom, transitive)To find something or someone after searching for a long time.
- I finally managed to that report. I had filed it incorrectly.
- (context, idiom, transitive, intransitive)To 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 .
- If you don't switch off the car lights, you will run the battery down.
- (context, idiom, transitive) To read quickly a list or other short text.
- Running down the list of suggestions, I can see three we can discard immediately.
- (context, idiom, UK, transitive)To reduce the size or stock levels of a business, often with a view to closure.
- The board of directors have decided to the stocks held in storage prior to offering the company for sale.
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