run down
phrasal verbrun down
- to lose power or stop working
- The battery has run down.
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- to gradually stop functioning or become smaller in size or number
- British manufacturing industry has been running down for years.
run something down
- to make something lose power or stop working
- If you leave your headlights on you'll soon run down the battery.
- to make something gradually stop functioning or become smaller in size or number
- The company is running down its sales force.
run somebody/something down
- (of a vehicle or its driver) to hit somebody/something and knock them/it to the ground
- to criticize somebody/something in an unkind way
- He's always running her down in front of other people.
- to find somebody/something after a search