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English Dictionary: run down by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
run down
v
  1. trace; "We are running down a few tips" [syn: run down, check out]
  2. move downward; "The water ran down"
  3. injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle
    Synonym(s): run down, run over
  4. 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 down, run out, conk out
  5. examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
    Synonym(s): scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down
  6. deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
    Synonym(s): run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tire
  7. pursue until captured; "They ran down the fugitive"
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