run down meaning and definition

RUN DOWN verb

Definition of run down (verb)

1. trace
   • "We are running down a few tips"
   • synonyms: check out
2. move downward
   • "The water ran down"
3. injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle
   • synonyms: run over
4. use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
   • "At the end of the march, I pooped out"
   • synonyms: conk out, peter out, poop out, run out
5. examine hastily
   • "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
   • synonyms: glance over, rake, scan, skim
6. deplete
   • "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
   • synonyms: exhaust, play out, sap, tire
7. pursue until captured
   • "They ran down the fugitive"