run+down

  • 101run — I n. course 1) a ski run freedom of movement 2) to have free run of the house race 3) a cross country run; the mile run series of demands 4) a run on a bank running away 5) on the run trial 6) a dry, dummy (BE) run flight …

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  • 102run — I [[t]rʌn[/t]] v. ran, run, run•ning, n. adj. 1) to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground 2) to move or pass quickly 3) to depart… …

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  • 103run out — Synonyms and related words: advance, ago, antiquated, antique, apostatize, be all over, be consumed, be done for, be no more, be used up, become extinct, become void, betray, blow, blow out, blow over, blown over, bolt, bow out, break away, break …

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  • 104run someone down — 1 he was run down by joyriders: RUN OVER, knock down/over; hit, strike. 2 she ran him down in front of other people: CRITICIZE, denigrate, belittle, disparage …

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  • 105run over — verb 1. injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle (Freq. 3) • Syn: ↑run down • Hypernyms: ↑injure, ↑wound • Verb Frames: Somebody s something …

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  • 106down at heel — ▶ adjective 1 the resort looks down at heel: RUN DOWN, dilapidated, neglected, uncared for; seedy, insalubrious, squalid, slummy, wretched; …

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  • 107run someone down — 1) he was run down by a drunk driver Syn: run over, knock down, knock over; hit, strike 2) she ran him down in front of other people Syn: criticize, denigrate, belittle, disparage, deprecate, find fault with; informal p …

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  • 108run someone down — 1) he was run down by joyriders Syn: run over, knock down/over, hit 2) she ran him down in front of other people Syn: criticize, denigrate, belittle, disparage, deprecate, find fault with; informal put down, knock …

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  • 109run over — PHRASAL VERB If a vehicle or its driver runs a person or animal over, it knocks them down or drives over them. [V n P] You can always run him over and make it look like an accident... [V P n] He ran over a six year old child as he was driving… …

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  • 110run — {{11}}run (n.) spell of running, mid 15c. (earlier ren, late 14c.), from RUN (Cf. run) (v.). Sense of small stream first recorded 1580s, mostly Northern English dialect and Amer.Eng. Meaning series or rush of demands on a bank, etc. is first… …

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