# run down

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.
2. To criticize someone or an organisation, often unfairly.
3. To find something or someone after searching for a long time.
4. To lose power slowly. Used for a machine, battery, or other powered device.
5. To read quickly a list or other short text.
6. To describe in the form of a rundown, a rough outline or summary.
7. To reduce the size or stock levels of a business, often with a view to closure.
8. To decline in quality or condition.
9. To chase till the object pursued is captured or exhausted.
10. To run against and sink, as a vessel.
11. To crush; to overthrow; to overbear.
12. To approach (someone, thing or place) aggressively, as to attack.
13. To move (some copy) down to the next line.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/run-down