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Antonyms for run-downrun-down

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  1. summation, summing up, rundownadjective

    a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)

    Antonyms:
    new, functioning

    Synonyms:
    addition, rundown, summation, summing up, plus, sum total, sum

  2. creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegoneadjective

    worn and broken down by hard use

    "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack"

    Antonyms:
    new, functioning

    Synonyms:
    weak, infirm, abandoned, bedraggled, weakly, debile, rickety, woebegone, tumble-down, tatterdemalion, neglectful, remiss, rheumatoid, screaky, creaky, ramshackle, deserted, rheumy, decrepit, arthritic, delinquent, broken-down, rheumatic, dilapidated, flea-bitten, feeble, woeful, derelict, sapless

  3. run-downverb

    having the spring unwound

    "a run-down watch"

    Antonyms:
    functioning, new

    Synonyms:
    derelict, woebegone, flea-bitten, creaky, decrepit

  4. run down, check outverb

    trace

    "We are running down a few tips"

    Antonyms:
    new, functioning

    Synonyms:
    run over, conk out, play out, scan, go over, feel out, skim, check into, sap, run down, poop out, run out, check, check over, peter out, exhaust, glance over, check out, suss out, rake, check up on, cheque, sound out, look into, tire

  5. run downverb

    move downward

    "The water ran down"

    Antonyms:
    functioning, new

    Synonyms:
    play out, tire, glance over, peter out, exhaust, rake, run over, scan, conk out, check out, skim, poop out, sap, run out, run down

  6. run down, run oververb

    injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle

    Antonyms:
    functioning, new

    Synonyms:
    run over, conk out, play out, scan, skim, sap, overflow, run down, poop out, run out, brim over, peter out, exhaust, glance over, overrun, check out, rake, well over, tire

  7. poop out, peter out, run down, run out, conk outverb

    use up all one's strength and energy and stop working

    "At the end of the march, I pooped out"

    Antonyms:
    functioning, new

    Synonyms:
    fizzle out, run over, conk out, play out, run off, scan, give way, die, bolt, beetle off, skim, break down, poop out, fizzle, bolt out, run down, break, run out, drain, fail, peter out, exhaust, glance over, check out, rake, give out, sap, expire, spill, go, taper off, go bad, tire

  8. scan, skim, rake, glance over, run downverb

    examine hastily

    "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"

    Antonyms:
    functioning, new

    Synonyms:
    plane, run over, conk out, play out, scan, graze, sap, skim off, skim, skitter, crease, run down, poop out, run out, peter out, exhaust, glance over, check out, cream, rake, cream off, read, skip, skim over, tire

  9. run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tireverb

    deplete

    "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"

    Antonyms:
    new, functioning

    Synonyms:
    sap, exhaust, eat up, play out, expel, wash up, eat, release, glance over, beat, tire, run over, wear out, rake, pall, tire out, peter out, use up, bore, tucker out, conk out, run out, jade, scan, run through, wear upon, wipe out, outwear, skim, discharge, run down, weary, tucker, wear down, poop out, fatigue, eject, consume, check out, deplete, fag out, wear

  10. run downverb

    pursue until captured

    "They ran down the fugitive"

    Antonyms:
    new, functioning

    Synonyms:
    play out, tire, glance over, peter out, exhaust, rake, run over, scan, conk out, check out, skim, poop out, sap, run out, run down

How to use run-down in a sentence?

  1. Richard Cantor:

    Paparazzi couldn’t just run down to photograph or ask for an interview.

  2. Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou:

    These oil exporters are getting more defensive. They're probably reducing their equity exposure and moving to more liquid investments such as U.S. Treasuries in anticipation that they might need to run down their reserves.

  3. Patrick Lynch:

    Weve had police officers trying to stop looters and theyve been knocked down, theyve been run down, and some of them have almost been shot down. Thats exactly whats happening on the street, watch the video, watchthe security cameras, venture in and see what happens.

  4. Janet Yellen:

    We're simply in an impossible situation in which it will be impossible for Treasury on that day, or a few days thereafter... We'll have very limited resources, it will be run down quickly. We won't be able to pay all of the government's bills.

  5. Fan Xiaochong:

    It would stimulate demand for housing. But these are not temporary measures to run down inventory, they are part of a long-term urbanization.

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