RUN DOWN


Meaning of RUN DOWN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ verb ]

Date: circa 1578

transitive verb

1.

a. : to collide with and knock down

b. : to run against and cause to sink

2.

a. : to chase to exhaustion or until captured

b. : to trace the source of

c. : to tag out (a base runner) between bases on a rundown

3. : disparage

intransitive verb

1. : to cease to operate because of the exhaustion of motive power

the clock ran down

2. : to decline in physical condition or vigor

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.