run+down
111run through — verb 1. apply thoroughly; think through (Freq. 4) We worked through an example • Syn: ↑work through, ↑go through • Derivationally related forms: ↑run through • Hypernyms: ↑ …
112run in — Synonyms and related words: acclimated, acclimatized, accommodated, accustomed, adapted, adjusted, apprehend, arrest, barney, bust, call on, call upon, capture, case hardened, collar, collide, come by, come over, conditioned, cram in, crowd in,… …
113run over — Synonyms and related words: abound, autopsy, battologize, bristle with, brood over, browse, call off, call over, call the roll, canvass, cascade, cataract, census, check, check out, check over, check up on, chew over, con over, count, crawl with …
114run out the clock — noun see clock VII * * * Sports deliberately use as much time as possible in order to preserve one s own team s advantage facing a tie, he decided to run out the clock in the final moments * * * run down/out the ˈclock idiom (US) if a sports team …
115run into — Synonyms and related words: add up to, afford, aggregate, aggregate to, alight upon, alter into, amount to, bang, bang into, be converted into, become, blunder upon, bring, bring in, bump, bump into, cannon, carom, carom into, chance upon, change …
116run out — verb 1. become used up; be exhausted (Freq. 5) Our supplies finally ran out • Hypernyms: ↑end, ↑stop, ↑finish, ↑terminate, ↑cease • Verb Frames …
117run over — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. drive over, strike, run down, knock down, trample on, kill, hurt, injure, hit and run* …
118run through — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To examine] Syn. check, read through, look at; see examine 1 . 2. [To spend] Syn. waste, squander, lose; see spend 1 , waste 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To use all of: consume, drain, draw down, eat up, exhaust,… …
119run someone/thing down — 1》 (of a vehicle) hit and knock over a person or animal. 2》 criticize someone or something unfairly or unkindly. 3》 discover someone or something after a search. 4》 (also run down) reduce or become reduced in size or resources. 5》 lose or cause… …
120run into — {v.} 1. To mix with; join with. * /If the paint brush is too wet, the red paint will run into the white on the house./ * /This small brook runs into a big river in the valley below./ 2. To add up to; reach; total. * /Car repairs can run into a… …
