run down

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verb

1. trace (Freq. 2)
- We are running down a few tips
• Syn:
check out
• Hypernyms:
pursue, follow up on, act on
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. move downward (Freq. 2)
- The water ran down
• Hypernyms:
run, flow, feed, course
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
run over
• Hypernyms:
injure, wound
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
4. use up all one's strength and energy and stop working (Freq. 2)
- At the end of the march, I pooped out
• Syn:
poop out, peter out, run out, conk out
• Hypernyms:
tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
5. examine hastily (Freq. 1)
- She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi
• Syn:
scan, skim, rake, glance over
• Derivationally related forms:
skim (for: skim), skimming (for: skim)
• Hypernyms:
examine, see
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
6. deplete
- exhaust one's savings
- We quickly played out our strength
• Syn:
exhaust, play out, sap, tire
• Derivationally related forms:
sapper (for: sap), exhaustion (for: exhaust)
• Hypernyms:
consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete,
exhaust, run through, wipe out
• Verb Group:
play out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
7. pursue until captured
- They ran down the fugitive
• Hypernyms:
chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag,
give chase, dog, go after, track
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  exhaust, play out, sap, tire, scan, skim, rake, glance over, poop out, peter out, run out, conk out, run over, check out