1. (

• run_down ,
• check_out

) trace; "We are running down a few tips" ;

2. (

• run_down ,

) move downward; "The water ran down" ;

3. (

• run_down ,
• run_over

) injure or kill by knocking (someone or something) down and passing over the body, as with a vehicle ;

4. (

• poop_out ,
• peter_out ,
• run_down ,
• run_out ,
• conk_out

) use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out" ;

5. (

• scan ,
• skim ,
• rake ,
• glance_over ,
• run_down

) examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi" ;

6. (

• run_down ,
• exhaust ,
• play_out ,
• sap ,
• tire

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

7. (

• run_down

) pursue until captured; "They ran down the fugitive" ;

1. (

• creaky ,
• decrepit ,
• derelict ,
• flea-bitten ,
• run-down ,
• woebegone

) 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" ;

2. (

• run-down

) having the spring unwound; "a run-down watch" ;