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Verb
S:
(v)
run down
,
check out
(trace)
"We are running down a few tips"
S:
(v)
run down
(move downward)
"The water ran down"
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S:
(v)
run
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flow
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feed
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course
(move along, of liquids)
"Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"
S:
(v)
move
(move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
"He moved his hand slightly to the right"
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antonym
derivationally related form
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S:
(v)
run down
,
run over
(injure or kill by knocking (someone or something) down and passing over the body, as with a vehicle)
S:
(v)
poop out
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peter out
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run down
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run out
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conk out
(use up all one's strength and energy and stop working)
"At the end of the march, I pooped out"
S:
(v)
scan
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skim
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rake
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glance over
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run down
(examine hastily)
"She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
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S:
(v)
run down
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exhaust
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play out
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sap
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tire
(deplete)
"exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
S:
(v)
run down
(pursue until captured)
"They ran down the fugitive"