run down

v 1: trace; "We are running down a few tips" [syn: {check out}]

2: move downward; "The water ran down"

3: injure or kill by running over, as with a car [syn: {run

over}]

4: use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At

the end of the march, I pooped out" [syn: {poop out}, {peter

out}, {run out}, {conk out}]

5: examine hastily [syn: {scan}, {skim}, {rake}, {glance over}]

6: deplete; "exhaust one's savings" [syn: {exhaust}, {sap}, {tire},

{use up}]

7: pursue until captured: "They ran down the fugitive"