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run down
1. trace (Freq. 2) - We are running down a few tips • Syn: check out • Hypernyms: pursue, follow up on, act on • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s somebody 2. move downward (Freq. 2) - The water ran down • Hypernyms: run, flow, feed, course • Verb Frames: - Something ----s 3. injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle (Freq. 2) • Syn: run over • Hypernyms: injure, wound • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s somebody - Something ----s somebody - Something ----s something 4. use up all one's strength and energy and stop working (Freq. 2) - At the end of the march, I pooped out • Syn: poop out, peter out, run out, conk out • Hypernyms: tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s 5. examine hastily (Freq. 1) - She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi • Syn: scan, skim, rake, glance over • Derivationally related forms: skim (for: skim), skimming (for: skim) • Hypernyms: examine, see • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s somebody 6. deplete - exhaust one's savings - We quickly played out our strength • Syn: exhaust, play out, sap, tire • Derivationally related forms: sapper (for: sap), exhaustion (for: exhaust) • Hypernyms: consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out • Verb Group: play out • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something 7. pursue until captured - They ran down the fugitive • Hypernyms: chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s somebody
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