run+down
121run 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… …
122run\ 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 lot of money.… …
123down-at-heel — adj 1 ILL DRESSED, frayed, tattered, ragged, drab, frowsy, dowdy, shabby, poor, slovenly 2 the pub looked down at heel dingy, run down, dilapidated, ramshackle, in disrepair, neglected, tumbledown, uncared for COLLOQ. tatty, tacky, seedy * * *… …
124run the clock down — verb To run down the clock …
125run ragged — Synonyms and related words: debilitated, drooping, droopy, enervated, enfeebled, fagged, faint, fainting, fatigued, feeling faint, flagging, footsore, frazzled, good and tired, jaded, languid, ready to drop, run down, sagging, seedy, tired, tired …
126ˌrun sb/sth ˈdown — phrasal verb 1) to hit a person or animal with your car and injure or kill them She got run down outside school.[/ex] 2) to criticize someone or something unfairly • See: rundown …
127run\ over — v 1. To be too full and flow over the edge; spill over. Billy forgot he had left the water on, and the tub ran over. 2. To try or go over (smth) quickly; practice briefly. During the lunch hour, Mary ran over her history facts so she would… …
128run — I. n 1. American a rally by Hell s Angels, usu ally involving a lengthy mobile debauch 2. an initial euphoric sensation following the ingestion or injection of a narcotic, particularly heroin; a rush ► When I m rushing, on my run/And I feel just… …
