run down

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