run down

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• verb transitive To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.
• verb transitive To criticize someone or an organisation, often unfairly.
• verb transitive To find something or someone after searching for a long time.
• verb transitive, intransitive To lose power slowly. Used for a machine, battery, or other powered device.
• verb transitive To read quickly a list or other short text.
• verb UK, transitive To reduce the size or stock levels of a business, often with a view to closure.

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• verb use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
• verb deplete
• verb pursue until captured
• verb examine hastily
• verb injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle
• verb move downward
• verb trace