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To run down

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To cease to work or operate on account of the exhaustion of the motive power; - said of clocks, watches, etc.
To decline in condition; as, to run down in health.
(Hunting) To chase till the object pursued is captured or exhausted; as, to run down a stag
(Naut.) To run against and sink, as a vessel
To crush; to overthrow; to overbear
To disparage; to traduce.
- Berkeley.

See also: Run Run Run Run Run Run


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In later years, Reading seems to have been regarded as a handy place to run down to, when matters were becoming unpleasant in London.
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I came here to quit drinking," he said, and tears began to run down his cheeks.
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And, to tell the truth, Barbara, I could have wished that the earth had opened under my feet, so chilled did I feel as he said what he did, so numbed did my legs grow as shivers began to run down my back.
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