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  1. run downverb

    Synonyms:
    run over, knock down

  2. run downverb

    Synonyms:
    demean, berate, put down

  3. run downverb

    Synonyms:
    track down

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. 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"

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

    Antonyms:
    functioning, new

  2. run-downverb

    having the spring unwound

    "a run-down watch"

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

    Antonyms:
    new, functioning

  3. run down, check outverb

    trace

    "We are running down a few tips"

    Synonyms:
    run over, conk out, play out, scan, go over, feel out, skim, check into, sap, 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

    Antonyms:
    new, functioning

  4. run downverb

    move downward

    "The water ran down"

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

    Antonyms:
    new, functioning

  5. run down, run oververb

    injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle

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

    Antonyms:
    new, functioning

  6. 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"

    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, break, run out, drain, fail, peter out, exhaust, glance over, check out, rake, give out, sap, expire, spill, go, taper off, go bad, tire

    Antonyms:
    functioning, new

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

    examine hastily

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

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

    Antonyms:
    new, functioning

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

    deplete

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

    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, weary, tucker, wear down, poop out, fatigue, eject, consume, check out, deplete, fag out, wear

    Antonyms:
    functioning, new

  9. run downverb

    pursue until captured

    "They ran down the fugitive"

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

    Antonyms:
    functioning, new

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. run down

    Synonyms:
    catch by chasing

  2. run down

    Synonyms:
    run against and sink

  3. run down

    Synonyms:
    crush, overthrow, overbear

  4. run down

    Synonyms:
    decry, disparage, depreciate, condemn, traduce, cry down

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. run down

    Synonyms:
    decline, deteriorate, decry, belittle, disparage, derogate

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#72426fizzle
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#86679demean
#98447ramshackle
#101223creaky
#116298berate
#120040neglectful
#154287bedraggled
#162209outwear
#188629skitter
#271548debile
#295809woebegone

How to use run down in a sentence?

  1. 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.

  2. Arun Prakash:

    We should be worried the way we have run down our submarine fleet. But with China bearing down on us, the way it is on the Himalayas, the South China Sea and now the Indian Ocean, we should be even more worried, fortunately, there are signs this government has woken up to the crisis.

  3. Jonathan Cunliffe:

    12 million people out of the total population of 26 million need food assistance now and this number will continue to increase, there is no doubt food stocks have been run down. In Aden there is virtually nothing left. Wheat prices have quadrupled across the country. There is no purchasing power.

  4. German Rosberg:

    It's a good start for sure, starting on pole, it's going to be a long run down to turn one so it's going to be an exciting battle and then I'm sure we have a good race car.

  5. Group Treasurer Dixit Joshi:

    We have no need for a fire sale given the quality of the assets and the run-down profile.


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