run down (
http://definr.com/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"; "We quickly played out our
strength" [syn:
exhaust,
play out,
sap,
tire]
7: pursue until captured: "They ran down the fugitive"